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.
Wednesday 15 March 2023
Cerebral Structure and Function: BRAINCHECK, in progress
Friday 10 March 2023
Grandpa Greg's Advanced Grammar: NEOLOGISMS (classic), in progress
Fulton's Gnu-bar
Authors' Note: Readers might also enjoy the authors' verses dealing with the epicurean hippy, the prosthetic hipster, the Congolese hippodrome, hip replacement, and the hippocampus.
Authors' Note: The disparaging term gobbledegook was first used in 1944 by a Texas politician named Maverick (scion of the original staunchly independent thinker). Its meaning — pompous, overinflated language — gave rise a few year later to the equivalent bafflegab. These expressions, employing repetition of sounds, have a musical and amusing quality, as do their venerable synonyms --hogwash, poppycock, balderdash, bunkum and tommyrot. (Only their close cousin claptrap (alternately clap-trap) -- would qualify as a reduplication).
Sunday 5 March 2023
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sunset reflected briefly 8:30 p.m., May 2023 building to east of downtown |
lift: Canadians, like their American neighbours, usually term this device an 'elevator'; to fit the tight space here, we borrowed the British synonym; however, it is noted that we retained our customary spelling of story (rather than the British storey)
helluva: common undefined slang that has been used in 40 verses on OEDILF to date (2023); presumably a distortion of hell of a ...
Another true personal story, apart from taking liberties with the floor numbers. The author currently inhabits a rental unit across the building from the suite being gloriously renovated/demolished by 'Carl the contractor'. This situation accords with advice by a relative to 'try out the lifestyle change' to ease the transition from house to 'bungalow in the sky'.