Wacky Word Wednesday - Chary

Chary

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net

 

 

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 - 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 - Cantrip

Cantrip

(can trip)

by Rachel Hoyt

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A cantrip

can trip you,

trick you,

put you under a spell,

and silence your yell.

It's magic used tragically,

slick witchy trickery -

like the apple Snow White nipped,

that one bite slip,

a deadly cantrip.

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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 - Orotund

Orotund

(OR eh tund)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Sounds that are orotund,

Are most certainly not moribund,

Nor will they leave you stunned,

They're full and rich - orotund.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Quaintrelle

Quaintrelle

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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To be a quaintrelle

is better than swell,

It means you know well,

The things that ring your bell.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Bunbury

Bunbury

(BUN buh ree)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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A bunbury

is your doppleganger, mini me,

that no one, I mean no one can see,

because he or she is imaginary.

Saving bad dates for multiple centuries:

the fearless, fictional bunburies.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Nescient

Nescient

(neh shent)

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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One described as nescient,

Is quite UN-omniscient,

He or she is ign'rant,

With knowledge so NOT pregnant,

And not so reminiscent -

Aptly described as nescient.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Traduce

Traduce

by Rachel Hoyt

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I am not a fan of traducing.

It doesn't involve deducing

and, after it, your 'rep' will need sprucing,

because unkind words fly out when traducing.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Pleonasm

Pleonasm

by Rachel Hoyt

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A pleonasm

is like a mouth orgasm,

a tip of the tongue spasm,

or redundant sarcasm -

pleonasm.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Fugacious

Fugacious

by Rachel Hoyt

When you buy something that is fugacious

there's no need to feel trepidacious.

At least you won't need a place that's more spacious

since these types of things tend tease us -

bring beauty and then leave us.

Fleeting things are fugacious.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Puckish

Puckish

by Rachel Hoyt

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Those who act puckish

act out most every wish

and always have stories to dish

'cuz they're mischevious little fish,

those whimsical creatures - the puckish.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Fossick

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I think I would like fossicking -

rummaging, scavenging,

for gold, gems and things.

To pick over abandoned workings

for value that strums our heartstrings -

that's good, old-fashioned fossicking.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Pusillanimous

Pusillanimous

by Rachel Hoyt

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Pusillanimous rhymes with unanimous

but implies that fear lives within us.

Yes, cowardly is a word that's synonymous

with this one you won't hear on the bus -

it's pretentious cousin, pusillanimous.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Vim

Vim

by Rachel Hoyt

Image by Rosemary Ratcliff

There is a thing called vim,

A force that lives within,

A vigor never dim,

The opposite of grim,

A lively whim,

Vim.

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Saturday Special - Wacky Word and Infographic - Hacktivism

Hacktivism

by Rachel Hoyt

Hacktivism

is a form of activism

that can cause an online schism

when needed to promote an ism

other than pacifism -

Hacktivism.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.

Thank you, FrugalDad.com for sharing this awesome infographic!

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Antipodean

Antipodean

by Rachel Hoyt

Image by Simon Howden

Antipodean

Could describe women and men,

Democrat vs Republican,

Day vs night or dark vs light.

Converse, inverse, obverse, and reverse

Things are things we can

Say are antipodean.

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