The year-end creeps, mercuries freeze,
And buzz up English dictionaries,
All in a forward gear
To find Word of the Year,
Which, for Oxford is the slang rizz—
An argot not so clear,
Froth less, bubbleless beer,
Or a cola lost of all fizz!
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Happenings |02.12.2023| word
Poet’s note: Rizz, this year’s Word of the Year, is a slang that means style, charm, attractiveness, ability to attract romantic or sexual partner, and a few more vague things as per Oxford University Press. Big deal!
Categories:
mercuries, words,
Form: Limerick
Where I abode not far from the region of the Mother Lode, Though days of century degrees have been fewer this year,
We'll enjoy such treats as best we can, but still, I fear. The summer is still a season-long even though Fall draws near.
But if summer should end with less 100-degree mercuries, I shall Never a tear, and may we not forget that these toasty western skies
Will never relinquish their claim to fame, and about the sunny blue Canopy's proneness to creating changes, let's be very clear.
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Categories:
mercuries, weather, , western,
Form: Couplet