Wacky Word Wednesday - Dern

Dern

by Rachel Hoyt

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To learn someone's dern,

First trust must be earned,

Then dark secrets are learned,

Which may lead you to yearn,

To un-know what you learned,

Return secrets earned,

Regain mystery, the dern.

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I'm sorry for the lack of notice, but I've decided to quit
posting wacky word rhymes here for a bit.
I'm pondering compiling these (and more) poetic definitions
into one of my very first book submissions.

Wacky Word Wednesday - Polysemous

Polysemous

(POL ee see muhs)

 

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Something polysemous

Means many things to us -

Like supercalifragilisticexpialidocious -

An utterance most polysemous.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Yen

Yen

by Rachel Hoyt

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When you have a yen

you need, don't feel Zen.

Craving level ten?

That want is a yen.

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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 - 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 - Meed

Meed

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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One needs a meed

to heed the lead

to one who feeds

on the toil of steeds -

Dollars for deeds.

A wage is a meed.

 

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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 - 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 - Hobbledehoy

Hobbledehoy

(HOB uhl dee hoy)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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A hobbledehoy

is an awkward boy -

un-savvy, few ploys,

has no modern toys,

needs lessons in poise,

and hides his source of joy -

The hobbledehoy.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Macrology

Macrology

(Mac rah lo gee)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Masterful macrology

is the kind of thing that you might see

while mingling at a cocktail party -

It's the superfluity

of words that are empty -

talk without thought - macrology.

 

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Anagapesis

Anagapesis

(an a ga PE sis)

by Rachel Hoyt

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Anagapesis

is a love recess

that does not get dismissed -

It's a love no longer missed,

for which you aren't remiss -

anagapesis.

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Wacky Word Wednesday - Unasinous

Unasinous

(ooh na si nuhs)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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We can use the word unasinous

for things equally asinine to us,

like a convertible submarine and a low flying bus -

Similarly stupid things are unasinous.

 

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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 - Antapology

Antapology

(an ta PO lo gy)

 

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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An antapology

is not an ant's apology

nor does it mean not sorry -

It's the reply to an apology,

sayings like, "Oh gee.

No need to cry for me."

 

That's an antapology.

 

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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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