If I was a known lexicographer
I’d create new words for the masses
making them up in twos and threes
they would be so amazing
people would speak of me
my dictionary
would be the rage
history
in the
now
He spoke above your heads
And was amazingly funny to himself.
We did not laugh for we did not recognize the words.
He thought everyone knew them.
Everyone’s mother is not a lexicographer.
We knew them not.
He was totally disappointed.
Tried to do stand up
But was booed off the stage.
In order to become funny and be successful
He had to learn slang and modern day lingo
Like the rest of the successful comedians.
We saw his show two years after he decided this
And nearly fell off the stage and wet our pants.
It was the same material,
but this time we understood the words.
Antidisestablishmentarianism,
Webster handled with ease.
Words like these
he thought were a breeze.
A renowned lexicographer,
there is no doubt,
But, the world’s biggest word,
Webster left out.
In only two letters
of unused space
He crowded the big word,
“IF” in disgrace!
IfonlyIhadthoughtbeforedoingthat
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