American wordplay map with versification: I-N-C-I-T-E-D A R-I-O-T

 

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DEFINING OPINIONS, fifth octet (in progress)

 previous posted poems:

(first octet):
academically
birdlife

crepuscular

cruddy

diaphoretic

envision

expertise

(second octet);

hamuli 

haunch
heinous

hoarding

hod

holdout

hole#1

hole #2

(third octet):

holler

hollow

homogenized milk

hone

honey

honorifics

hooey

(fourth octet):

hoot

hopeful

hormones

hors d'oeuvre

hose

hostility

hot

hourly

CURRENT CONTENTS

Housewife

Humorless

 

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EXOTIC TRAVEL DESTINATIONS, part #2

 

previously posted poems (part #1)

air travel

Cappadocia, Turkey

Chania, Crete

Congolese hippodromes

discount fares to Australia

Ford Ord national monument

Haifa (Holyland)

Hawai'i, US and Haida Gwaii, Canada

CURRENT CONTENTS:

Iceland

Labelle, Florida

Micronesia

Mt. Pleasant, S. Carolina

Nome, Alaska

Swiss Alps,

Chemainus, BC (6 verses, a 'brief saga') 

            this verse has been approved for publication at OEDILF, #127909.

photo courtesy of Uncommon Solutions

shoreline of Charleston Harbor,
cruiseship approaching in shipping lane

approachable 'wild' waterfowl,
an attraction at the Shem Creek boardwalk

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And as a later development, we put words to music. You can now sing along with the song "Chemainus" by proceeding to our song-blog "Silly Songs and Satire". Click HERE.

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BINOMIAL EXPRESSIONS, part #3

 

previously posted poems

(part #1 - December 5, 2021)

hale and hearty

hug and kiss

food and drink 

first and last

sin and redemption

down and out

betwixt and between

hem and haw

(part #2 - August 5, 2023) 

flotsam and jetsam

by hook or by crook

poop and scoop

bump and grind

birds and bees

flora and fauna

high and dry

pigeons

CURRENT CONTENTS

Bigger and bigger

Here and there

Hives

Publish or perish

Echoic binomials (3 stanzas, a 'brief saga' )

Healthy, wealthy and wise (a trinomial)

Authors' Note: Hives, known medically as urticaria, is a symptomatic skin condition attributed to the release of the immune mediator histamine, and manifesting at some point in up to 20% of people. Allergy is a common underlying instigator, with drug reactions being causative in some cases. The onset, with progressive randomly distributed spread of batches of reddish raised lesions, is often acute, but the condition may be repetitive and "chronic", (i.e. on-again, off-again), as is the case with Yves' experience.

Formulation of the above poem required the use of binomial phrases, as indicated by italics.

Authors' Note: The above treatise was assisted by a grant from the Foundation for Classic Binomial Expressions, under which permission was obtained for the use of song and dance, ants in one's pants, and publish or perish. (Other paired expressions, cheer and cherish, and funding and grants, are under development).

 .) 

 

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SONG-LINK

Some musically inclined readers might enjoy a song for which Giorgio took the lyrics for the poem "Echoic Binomials", and adjusted them to fit with the melody of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?".  If interested, click here for the song "Again and Again". 

 "Bigger and bigger" in the above collection exemplifies nicely the echoic binomial.

And, it doesn't take too much imagination to guess that the whole enterprise can be extended on occasion to three parallel words (nouns, verbs or adjective).

MINI-COMPENDIUM of BINOMIAL PHRASES (dates are ussed for the versions of these collections on "Medium")

For your enjoyment (and to buoy up our cloudy orientation as to what we have already published), we have composed a mini-compendium of binomial phrases that had been highlighted in four Medium-published collections of terse poems, about twenty-five stanzas, and the related authors’ notes:

Binomial Expressions, a limerick melange, January 18, 2026.
More Binomial Expressions, a limerick potpourri, January 24, 2026.
Echoic Binomials (Eco-Pairs), a brief saga, February 3, 2025.
Binomial (and Trinomial) Expressions #3, a limerick melange, February 6, 2026.

RHYMING BINOMIALS: ants in one’s pants, fair and square, haste makes waste, he and she, high and dry, (by) hook or (by) crook, hot to trot, near and dear, poop and scoop, shake and bake, surf and turf, tease and please, wear and tear, wine and dine.

ALLITERATIVE BINOMIALS: around and about, betwixt and between, birds and bees, cash or cheque, cool and calm, down and dirty, flora and fauna, four or five, hale and hearty, (to) have and (to) hold, he and she, Heaven and Hell, hem and haw, his and hers, kith and kin, live and learn, lords and ladies, on and off, publish or perish, quid pro quo, right or wrong, vim and vigor .

ECHOIC BINOMIALS: all in all, back to back, bigger and bigger, bit by bit, boy oh boy, by and by, cheek to cheek, day to day, eye to eye, hand in hand, heart to heart, hour by hour, line by line, more and more, play by play, time after time, toe to toe, wall to wall, year by year.

TRINOMIALS: snug as a bug in a rug; whence wherefore and whither; healthy, wealthy and wise.

RUN-OF-THE-MILL BINOMIALS: bangers and mash, beck and call, (for) better or (for) worse, billing and cooing, bride and groom, bump and grind, cheek by jowl, cheque or cash, come and go, crash and burn, down and out, ebb and flow, far and wide, first and last, fish and chips, flotsam and jetsam, food and drink, fore and aft, front and centre, goods and chattels, guys and dolls, hail and farewell, hard and fast, here and now, here and there, high to low, hither and yon, a hug and a kiss, hunger and thirst, itchy and scratchy, ladies and gents, man and wife, moms and dads, near and far, nooks and crannies, now and then, richer and poorer, (in) sickness and (in) health, short but sweet, show and tell, sin and redemption, song and dance, to and fro, twist and shout.

EVEN MORE BINOMIALS: Our patter-songs about rhyming binomials and alliterative binomials list dozens more examples of these compelling forms. Enjoy!

“Rhyming Binomials — part #1 (A to L)”, January 22 (“The Elements” — Tom Lehrer, 1959)
“Rhyming Binomials — part #2” (M to Z)”, January 24 (“The Elements” — Tom Lehrer, 1959)
“Alliterative Binomials — part #1 (A to K)”, January 26 (“The Elements” — Tom Lehrer, 1959)
“Alliterative Binomials — part #2 (L to Z)”, February 9 (“The Elements” — Tom Lehrer, 1959)

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