{"id":9402,"date":"2009-06-01T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T19:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9402"},"modified":"2010-07-03T05:30:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T09:30:52","slug":"hours-of-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=9402","title":{"rendered":"Limerick OED"},"content":{"rendered":"

The OEDILF<\/a> – the Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form – a dictionary (in the works) where all definitions are reader-submitted limericks.<\/p>\n

The more I browse, the funnier it gets. The more awesome every single person who submits a limerick seems. Tears are streaming down my face.<\/p>\n

Now the limericks in the dictionary are obviously more lofty and are meant to define every word under the sun. I still need to say that perhaps my favorite limerick ever is:<\/p>\n

There was a young woman from Dallas
\nWho used Dynamite for a phallus
\nThey found her Vagina
\nIn North Carolina
\nAnd her arse was in Buckingham Palace<\/p>\n

But let’s move on to the Dictionary. It is so fun to just keep clicking through … I can’t stop.<\/p>\n

Here is the limerick definition for “basophilia”.<\/p>\n

A colorful thing’s basophilia.
\nIt brings out minute sensibilia.
\nApply basic dyes.
\nWhat a splendid surprise!
\nYou can really see all of the cilia.<\/p>\n

I love you.<\/p>\n

And this one, for the word “calculus”:<\/p>\n

The calculus, children \u00e2\u0080\u0094 forsooth!
\nMathematical shortcut to truth!
\nAnd yet I have heard
\n(From a dentist) this word
\nAs a term for the gunk on a tooth.<\/p>\n

And this gem, for the word “apodization”<\/p>\n

Interferograms, in application,
\nAre processed with apodization;
\nA tapering function,
\nWhen used in conjunction,
\nEnhances a sharp transformation.<\/p>\n

Don’t you love these people?<\/p>\n

Here’s the definition for “arboriculturist”<\/p>\n

Sir Bernard would oft plant a tree;
\nAn arboriculturist he.
\nAs his dish sweeps the sky,
\nAncient quasars to spy,
\nHis trees grow arboreally.<\/p>\n

The best thing is that the Limerick Dictionary fills in the blanks for you – should you not know them – about Sir Bernard, or whatever else, so you can see how really clever and funny the people who submit limericks are.<\/p>\n

Or “astrolabe”<\/p>\n

To tell pretty well where you are,
\nTake an astrolabe-fix on a star.
\nAs Hipparchus devised,
\nThis brass disk was incised
\nUsing skills that approach the bizarre.<\/p>\n

I like the ones that purport to “define” technological terms, scientific, technology, mathematic, biological – so so funny. Some of them really border on the brilliant.<\/p>\n

Example: The definition for “Apoapsis”:<\/p>\n

In descriptions of orbits generic,
\n“Apoapsis” sounds too esoteric.
\nTo advise, “Fly this high
\nOr you’ll crash, burn, and die!”
\nMeans the same, but makes crewmen hysteric.<\/p>\n

or this: definition for “corpora cavernosa”: Hilarious:<\/p>\n

Your twin corpora cavernosa are fine;
\nIf you want them enlarged, let’s entwine.
\nYes, I’m being discreet,
\nUnlike spammers who greet
\nYou with “Inches you’ll add \u00e2\u0080\u0094 eight or nine!”<\/p>\n

And then look at this gorgeousness – here is the definition for “algebra”:<\/p>\n

x2 + 2y = 1
\n\u00e2\u0080\u0093a \u00c3\u0097 13,000,000
\n\u00e2\u0088\u009ac
\n7i \u00e2\u0080\u0093 b
\nMy goodness, ain’t algebra fun!<\/p>\n

I LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT THESE.<\/p>\n

Like I said. Hours of fun to be had<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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