American wordplay map with versification: D-E-P-L-O-R-A-B-L-E-S

Regrettable terminology related to the run-up to the contentious 2016 US presidential election: 

 

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DEATH and the AFTERLIFE #2

previous poetic posts (#1)

cardiac arrest
decease in the crease
dining in Heaven
end-of-life care
garbage in Heaven
giving up the ghost
ghostbusters
heavenly pie

CURRENT CONTENTS: (#2)

Homes in Heaven (Shemayim)

Last breath

Leaving the planet

Memorial service

[Sic] to death

Where bad Jews go

Will's last testament

Bequest (3 verses, a 'brief saga') 

Authors' Note: 

chutzpah (Yiddish): shameless audacity

Shemayim (Hebrew): heaven

Authors' Note: We were inspired, in studying the enigmatic final chapter of existence, to find that OEDILF, as of mid-2022, has about 150 submissions that deal with the subject of 'death'. That research shows that the spectre of death underscores many linguistic idioms.

getting off cheap: an idiom, perhaps further towards the slang end of the scale, in comparison with getting off easy

sick to death of: a cliché, only rarely entailing the imminent demise of the subject

to die in your sleep: a cliché, albeit puzzling biologically

survive to a ripe old age: a cliché; here also used as the basis of a pun

Authors' Note: The above verse was inspired by an essay by Mal Abrams, who named the eternally unsatisfactory restaurant 'Feh'.

 Author's Note:  Although the short forms 'Will' and 'Bill' may be casually interchanged as first names (short forms of ‘William’), the nouns 'will' (as in 'last will and testament') and 'bill' are generally used with more careful scrutiny. ‘Will’ and ‘testament’ being essentially synonyms, the expression is a prototypical example of the redundant binomial expressions that seem to be loved by lawyers.

    Subtle differences in the form of idioms may underwrite important differences in meaning. ‘At last’ and ‘at the last’ seem similar, but in fact their usage and meaning differs considerably.

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Limerick-based Handbook of TRACE MINERALS and VITAMINS

 

CURRENT CONTENTS 

Nutrient deficiency (intro) 

Avitaminosis A

Vitamin B12 and erythropoiesis

Zinc and anosmia

Beri-beri (B1 deficiency), (3 verses -- a 'brief saga')

More to follow

Authors' Note:  

N.B.: abbreviation for the Latin nota bene; as a verb—'take careful note', as a derived adjectival phrase — 'important'

Readers interested in nutritional health might be enthused that the author is undertaking a project entitled "The Limerick-based Handbook of Trace Minerals and Vitamins" as a follow-up to his "Limerick-based Handbook of Medical Testing".

Although treatment of disorders produced by the relevant deficiencies is often delightfully simple, the underlying biochemistry, pharmacology, epidemiology and health delivery issues may be extremely complex, and warrant further understanding. 

Authors' Note: Deficiency of vitamin A

Avitaminosis, an absence of vitamins, causes deficiency diseases.  Some of these deficiency states affect all cells in the body, and are manifest as diffuse or multi-system disorders. But many seem targeted at the weakest metabolic link or at a unique buochemical mechanism, and produce a characteristic disease pattern

Avitaminosis A, the absence of vitamin A, is the most common cause of childhood blindness in parts of Africa and South Asia, resulting in specific eye damage, including corneal ulceration and retinal damage. Early symptoms include xerophthalmia (severely 'dry eyes') and loss of night vision; however, in appropriately nourished populations (developed countries), these symptoms are most often due to other causes.    

Authors' Note: The myelin sheath is an envelope of lipid-rich material that wraps around peripheral nerve fibers, acting as a form of insulation; its development and maintenance is dependent on vitamin B12. 

Authors' Note:  Patients who have suffered a loss of sense of smell (anosmia) are known as anosmics. Rarely, this sensory disorder along with manifestations in other body functions can be attributed to a marked deficiency of dietary zinc. Whether zinc supplements can help with recovery in well-fed anosmics remains unresolved. The metallic element osmium, which has no known biologic role, is named for the stench emitted by its poisonous tetroxide derivative.

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AMBULATORY VERSE: Second Outing

previously posted poems (First Outing)

pre-amble

amble 

climb

escape

falter

hasten

hike

hop to it

CURRENT CONTENTS

Hover

Lurk

Reverse

Scamper (seduction)

Slink

Strut

Creep, and variant verbs (4 verses, a 'brief saga') 

Authors' Note: 

do a 180: a colloquialism for reversing direction deriving from half the number of degrees in a complete circle; here, as elsewhere, voiced as one-eighty

The author, an old palindromist, finds it appropriate to mention in the context of 'doing a 180', a few palindromic phrases using the verb reverse. These include:

Codes reverse, Doc; Noses reverse, son; Dikes reverse, kid; 

Drawer: sides reversed is ... reward; and the very dark 

Nooses reverse soon. 

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SONGLINK:

We had, a decade ago, composed two parody-songs dealing with these many descriptive words for styles of ambulation. You can join us in song by clicking HERE to start; but watch out for earworms!  

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