Editors' Note: Before proceeding to these collections of short verses, readers might benefit from reviewing an earlier post entitled Edification about Word-Pairs: "The Binomials", A Linguistic Lesson.
This post is a collection of verses dealing with the grammatic device of 'BINOMIALS' as posted on this blog on August 5, 2022 (first examples).
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Betwixt and between (fossil words)
Bigger and bigger
Birds and bees
Bump and grind
By hook or by crook (rhyming pairs)
Down and out
Authors' Note: The concept of fossil words derives from the fact that dozens of obsolete and obscure words, e.g. betwixt, retain currency only as a part of idioms whose use has continued into modern times. The final line of the verse refers to beck and call, goods and chattels, and hither and yon.
More examples of fossil words and phrases are given in the verse hem and haw.
Authors' Note: The above verse features a number of binomial expressions, most of which are in common use. In fact, the "classic" binomial hot to trot, and the authors' proposed "Tease and Please" have the additional appeal of internal rhyme. Generally, because of their catchy appeal and common use, binomial phrases are often chosen as the names of restaurants, bars and small businesses, but the name proposed here for a strip-club is presumably an original use.
Authors' Note: When the paired grammatical elements in the phrase happen to rhyme, the appeal of irreversible binomial expressions, such as surf and turf, is further increased. The above verse shows in italics several of these intriguing idioms.
The larger group of these idioms (such as fish and chips) is exemplified, explained, and possibly defined in verses here by the author, including binomial expression, fixed order, echoic binomials, and fossil words.
Although cookbook and shake in your shoes are musical expressions, they do not qualify as binomials.
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