MAGICAL ADVANCED PALINDROMES: Definition and Derivation

EDITOR: Giorgio Coniglio, December, 2016. 

An unrecognized subtype of "advanced palindrome" has been developed by the authors. A pair of related shorter palindromes is usually required as a starting point. These can be drawn from the classic palindrome repertoire, but related forms developed by the author are included. 

You can view our entire collection of these intriguing wordplay oddities, in a post on our blog "Edifying Nonsense", entitled Magical Palindromes: a compendium".

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Edification about Word-Pairs: "The BINOMIALS", A Linguistic Lesson:

EDIFICATION about SINGABLE WORDPLAY

LESSON COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. This explanation is required for the reader to understand the collections of short poems about binomials that summarize the day-to-day work displayed on our daily blog, and provide material on Word-Pairs that underlies the details in this song cycle of parodies.

BINOMIALS: We are dealing here with a linguistic device discussed by Wikipedia as “Siamese twins” or ‘Irreversible Binomials”. These 

phrases include some of the most colorful expressions in English. There are probably a thousand binomial expressions in the English language. To enhance interest for those who review both humorous poetry and song-lyrics, we have skewed our creations dealing with  binomial pairs here, to emphasize those that have some more appealling aspects. These include alliterative binomials (e.g. kith and kin), rhyming binomials (e.g. shake and bake), reduplications (e.g. helter skelter) and legal jargon (e.g. last will and testament).

Some of you may already have favorite expressions (e.g. yours and mine) that are not covered by these categories; we apologize that the potential volume of material does not allow us to be all-inclusive. 

POETIC LYRICS: Our verses about various binomial expressions have, for the most part, been submitted to the online site OEDILF (the Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form), where rigorous collaborative editing proceeds in a process that may take as long as a year (approval by 5 writer-contributors is required as a part of the protocol).

These verses are then editorially considered here at this unrelated website by Giorgio Coniglio, registered pseudonym, who recommends illustrative pictorial material and other addenda for prompt release to the audience of "Daily Illustrated Nonsense". On further review, this material, and similar poems not part of the original process, may be collated here for topic-based collections, as you will now find on these pages.  

UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY SONG-LINKS: As of 2024, our whole series of song-lyrics (9 songs to date) is displayed under the rubric "singable satire" on our main blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense".

The links for each of these blogposts is diaplayed at the bottom of this post.

We have also provided chord-charts and playing suggestions for acompanying musicians to make these outpourings singable.The keys are targeted principally at ukulele-players, but easy transposition is possible if you play guitar, banjo, mandolin, or other stringed instrument. Follow the links that accompany each post to get to "Silly Songs and Satire" !

 can be found in a friendly format for ukulele- and guitar-players on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE, along with performing suggestions. 

loonie and toonie: rhyming coins

#1

#2

#3

 

#4

#5

#6

#7

HOT LINKS to the WORD-PAIR parody lyrics 

(these are the links that take you to "Daily Illustrated Nonsense". Follow further links, once there, to find the chord charts and other suggestions for playing the songs on ukulele (or other stringed instruments). 

Pairs
Alliterative Binomials, part #1
Alliterative Binomials, part #2
Reduplications - Lesson
Reduplications - Lexicon A to K
Reduplications - Lexicon M to Z
Rhyming Binomials, A to M
Rhyming Binomials, M to Z
Legal Doublets

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DEFINING OPINIONS, sextet #1

CURRENT CONTENTS:
Academically

Birdlife

Boring

Crepuscular

Cruddy

Decompose

(for continuation, see the link below)

Authors' Note:  Birdlife is an occasionally used term, analogous to "wildlife", denoting aerial creatures that otherwise would have to be described by the term avifauna. Needless to say, all birdlife currently known is located on the planet Earth.

Authors' Note: Trudy's definition seems to be skewed towards the achievement of cruddiness, downplaying inherent or intrinsic cruddiness. We await further reports.

For more "defining opinions", please proceed to the second sextet by clicking HERE. 

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Lyrics for Singable Satire: NOVEL MELODIES for LIMERICKS

 

Song Lyrics for Adapted Limerick Verses, a continuation of a previous post , where you can find the first five melodies in the series.

ORIGINAL SONGS: as per links.
LINKED LIMERICK MEDLEYS: Lyrics by Giorgio Coniglio set to the music of the indicated songs, mostly shown in previous blogposts.
SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, 2017 and 2018. Hotlinks are given for  posts using these new musical adaptations, and will be updated when possible.

NOVEL MELODIES for SINGING LIMERICKS

6. "OCHI CHORNYE" ("DARK EYES" – ‘traditional’ Russian 1884)
Oh, those gorgeous eyes, dark and glorious eyes
Burn-with-passion eyes, how you hypnotize.
How I adore you so, / how I fear you though
Since I say you glow! Now my spirit’s low!

Limerick Adaptation (Moderate changes)
Once was oligarch from Nantucket
Stuck all cash in pail. Tax? He’d duck it.
But his daughter Nan / Had a man with plan --
Informed KGB, then stole bucket.

Hotlink to lyrics blogpost "RUSSIAN HACKING: Red Army Choir Sings Classical Limericks".


7. "ODE TO JOY" ("AN DIE FREUDE"; adapted  by L. von Beethoven 1824 for his Ninth [choral] Symphony from a poem by Friedrich Schiller 1785; designated the Anthem of Europe in 1972.)
Deine Zauber binden wieder
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Brüder
Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.

Limerick Adaptation (significant changes)
In a case that Freud had mentioned,
Dean hid fortune in a can.
Daughter Joy found lottery winnings,
Filched his bucket; off she ran.

Hotlink to Wikipedia 'ODE TO JOY'.


8. THE SLOOP ‘JOHN B’ (traditional Bahamian, recorded by Kingston Trio 1958)
Oh, we came on the sloop ‘John B’ – my grandfather and me
‘Round Nassau town we did roam.
Drinkin’ all night, we got into a fight.
Oh, I feel so break-up, I wanna go home.

Limerick Adaptation (significant changes)
My Grandpa felt out of luck; on Nantucket he was stuck,
So credit cards and cash he hid in a pail;
Til his daughter Nan / rowed off with her man;
They’d plucked Pop's bucket, but now they’re in jail.

Hotlink to Wikipedia 'THE SLOOP JOHN B'.

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CURTAINED VERSE: FAINTLY OBSCENE (selected) LIMERICKS, part #1

INTRODUCTION:

This collection of verses have also been web-published at OEDILF.com, an online humor dictionary that has accumulated 120,000 carefully edited limericks. 
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.

WARNING: The following verses may not be suitable for all ages. Those under 12 or over 82 are advised to read the following content only with the permission and supervision of an adult family member.  

CONTENTS:

Adultery

Braless

Business Agenda

Buoy and Gull

The Clench

Come and Go

Complimentarily

Florid (STD)

for continuation, see the link below

 

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

Authors' Note: The authors hope and trust that Fran did actually check the age of her agents.

Authors' Note:  In the above verse, italics and blue font are used to indicate idioms that fall under the grammatical label of "binomial expressions". Read more verses explaining and exemplifying musical clichés of this type HERE.  

Authors' Note: 

STD: initialism for 'sexually transmitted disease', a problem for which one might consult an STD-clinic or an STD-doc

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".

FOLLOW-UP INFO:  Lots of ordinary folks (not just prurient porn-buffs) have united in their demand for more verses on related topics, even if they require lightweight "curtaining" !

So, please follow this link! for 'curtained verse, part#2' 

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