Logolepsy

I have a strange malady
curiously effecting me
for I am very susceptible
to words of a variety

Words like cushlamachree
or hobbledehoy
give me such joy...
that my brain begins burbling
at a fantastic rate
things like bamboozle, bumfuzzle
blatteroon, and bombinate!
Bogged down in boondoggled
bedraggled, beware
I'm not making sense
and I really don't care!

Gushing galoot, galumph, galore
something inside crying
more, More, MORE!!!
I'm an insatiable verbavore!

Flippantly tripping through
flibbertigibbet, flumadiddle
filipendulous to the stupendous
sounds of mellifluous eutony
I am getting so tongue-tied here
my mouth is in mutiny!

But, oh my Dearie-
there's whigmaleerie
wifty, whimsical...
mugwump, moppet
words keep wheeling through my head
'though silly, I can't stop it!

For there's slubberdegullion
mollycoddle, hobgoblin
and gumption, too!
With all the splendiferous words about...
what's a logoleptic to do?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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November 25, 2018 at 9:00 AM
Great use of words Rhona... Enjoyed this one...
Mcferran Avatar
November 25, 2018 at 11:57 AM
Thank you!! I'm so glad you liked it! ;)
Dietrich Avatar
November 24, 2018 at 7:12 PM
this is incredibly clever, my dear. Like michelle says here, with this one you were ON FIRE.
Mcferran Avatar
November 24, 2018 at 9:02 PM
Thank you so much!! I had a wonderful morning playing with this one! ;)
Faulkner Avatar
November 24, 2018 at 4:00 PM
You're on fire, insatiable verbavore! My faves: splendiferous, hobgoblin, bamboozle, and galoot! How magnanimous of you to share :)
Mcferran Avatar
November 24, 2018 at 9:00 PM
Thank you!! Those are some of my favorites, too! ;D
Leffanta Avatar
November 24, 2018 at 2:44 PM
Gopher it! Someone MUST be first to utter a new word! Aloha! Rico
Mcferran Avatar
November 24, 2018 at 3:51 PM
Thank you, my friend! Aloha! ;)
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