Wacky Word Wednesday - Chary

Chary

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Chary, like wary,

is caution one carries -

wisdom to bury

thoughts some find scary.

Wary is chary.

 

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Wacky Word Monday - Bacchanal

Bacchanal

(BAK uh nal)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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At a bacchanal

it is hard to tell

who's ill and who's well

for alcohol's spell

dings the crowd's bell

at a boisterous bacchanal.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Apricate

Apricate

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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One who apricates

thinks sunshine bates

a basking state

and always rates

a day as great

when warmth infiltrates.

Sunshine is the first mate

of one who apricates.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Cachinnate

Cachinnate

(kak eh naht)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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To cachinnate

is to laugh great,

spill pure elate,

jiggle joy's gate -

cachinnate.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Sook

Sook

by Rachel Hoyt

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I would not want to be a sook,

finding adventure in movies and books,

determined to stay in one nook -

a cowardly person, a sook.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Galley-west

Galley-west

by Rachel Hoyt

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Something described as galley-west

is in a state less than its best -

chaos, confusion, dazing unrest.

This stunned state can be called galley-west.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Confabulate

Confabulate

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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You might confabulate

when trying to relate

a story that makes you sound great.

 

To tell half-tall tales is to confabulate.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Viridescent

Viridescent

(vir i des uhnt)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Something viridescent

may not be luminescent,

but monotone iridescent -

it's green, perhaps fluorescent,

though any green can be viridescent. 

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Dree

Dree

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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To say something is dree

would mean it is dreary -

A drudge endured by thee

can be described as dree.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Saltire

Saltire

(sal tir)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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A saltire

is an 'X' you don't hear

because it appears

to your eyes (not your ears) -

a cross symbol - saltire.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Hebdomadally

Hebdomadally

(heb doh may doll ee)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Hebdomadally

is indubitably

the best way to decree

something is weekly -

hebdomadally.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Effrontery

Effrontery

(eff rhunt er ee)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

 

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An act of effrontery

Has ample audacity,

Resembles skulduggery,

Is often perfunctory,

And does not intentionally

Inhibit your joy selfishly -

Effrontery.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Xanthippe or Xantippe

Xanthippe / Xantippe

(zan THIP ee / zan TIP ee)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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 A xanthippe or xantippe,

Like Socrates' wife is snippy,

Nags more than a campaigning hippy,

Might also be described as lippy,

A 'debate' starter - xanthippe.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Torpor

Torpor

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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To indulge in torpor

would not be a bore

or feel like a chore

even if the floor

held you in torpor.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Bafflegab

Bafflegab

(baf uhl gab)

by Rachel Hoyt

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Bafflegab, to me,

Is the gibbly gobbly gwee,

Spoken eloquently,

Proclaimed officially,

By those who represent me,

Politically -

Their bafflegab flows free.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Tinnient

Tinnient

by Rachel Hoyt

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Tinnient sounds

Aren't ones that abound.

Their tings are unique,

Clear, pleasant, chic -

Like sleighbells (So jubilant!) -

Those sounds oh so tinnient.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Hiemal

Hiemal

(hahy uh muhl)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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A hiemal night

can be a delight

if the fire is just right

and winter only within sight.

The pale moonlight

makes me glow bright

on a wintry, hiemal night.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Bibelot

Bibelot

(BIB loh)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

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You buy a bibelot

not for show,

but because you know,

inside it can stow

memories to make you glow.

Beloved knick-knacks from abroad are bibelots.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Izzat

Izzat

(IZ ut)

by Rachel Hoyt

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Izzat

is not a nut,

but lives in your gut,

in your soul's hut -

to insults it says, "What?!

I'm no stray mutt,

nor ghost of King Tut.

I'm me, like you but

with more honor, izzat."

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Flagitious

Flagitious

(fluh JISH uhs)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Someone who's flagitious

might flash the religious

befriend the bibulous,

and compile fruits quite frivolous -

be wicked, criminal, ridiculous -

that's being flagitious.

 

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