Since 2016 Giorgio Coniglio, site editor-in-chief and a registered pseudonym, has been bundling HUMOUR, PARODY, WORDPLAY, PHOTOGRAPHY and POETRY, with the sole aim of entertaining YOU with presentations at the rate of 3x per month. Most posts are a compilation of 8 illustrated short poems, often in the limerick format. The related blog "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE" sends out items from these collections one-at-a-time.
Monday 15 June 2020
Ancillary Funky Anagrams: A VERY STABLE GENIUS
Wednesday 10 June 2020
CURTAINED VERSE: FAINTLY OBSCENE (selected) LIMERICKS, part #1
As limerick-writers are often tempted to dive into the baser spheres of human life, the dictionary has a "curtained room", accessible only to online members, presumably flagging that the designated verses may not be suitable for children. On his own recognizance, Giorgio has selected the following verses from OEDILF's Curtained Room, based on their requiring only "light curtaining", and taken the risk of offending some readers by publishing them on this otherwise sedate, and arguably family-oriented blog.
Authors' Note:
oy gevalt (oy-guh-VULT): phrase borrowed from Yiddish; an exclamation expressing shock, surprise or disapproval
schadenfreude (SHA-den-froi-duh, or as here, sha-den-FROI-duh): loanword from German; taking delight in others' misfortune
Although it's principal meanings revolve around the Latin term for flowery or flourishing, florid has come to imply, in the medical context, "referring to a disease or to a symptom in its fully developed form", or perhaps "fragrantly, flagrantly florid".
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Friday 5 June 2020
Inner Enlightenment: The SCOPES of MODERN MEDICINE, in progress
CURRENT CONTENTS:
Endoscopic proceduresEsophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD)Fiberoptic laryngoscopyMediastinoscopyEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)Veterinary bronchoscopyMore to follow
Endoscopic procedures
The unrelated term honcho ("group leader", or "boss") is of Japanese derivation.