ABC WEDNESDAY
CACHINNATION!
I have done it, so have you!
It's an easy thing to do!
I've cachinnated I admit,
And made an awful mess of it!
As a schoolgirl, filled with dread,
I was up before the 'Head',
For some dreadful foul misdeed
Unfit for your pure eyes to read!
With lowered eyes I looked demure;
Penitent and prim and pure.
And then I saw Miss Ross disclose
A great big pimple on her nose!
I cachinnated, snorted, sniggered,
My face, with pent-up mirth, disfigured!
I'd like to say that was the last time,
But cachinnating became a pastime!
On countless times since then, I fear,
I've cachinnated loud and clear!
Weddings? There's a situation
Designed for awful cachinnation!
Someone's hat may set me off!
I try to pretend I have a cough,
But then I catch another's eye
And both of us simply let fly
Snorting, spluttering, cachinnating....
Absolutely devastating!
Absolutely devastating!
I can ruin a celebration
With unbounded cachinnation!
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'What' you say 'Is cachinnation?'
Read below for an explanation.
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* Laughter at an inappropriate time.
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QUID PRO QUO
(An Acrostic)
Questions arise about this phrase!
Unless they’re answered I’m in a daze!
Is the meaning 'tit-for-tat'?
'Do this for me and I’ll do that?'
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Perhaps the Latin suits it better
Revealing the meaning in each letter.
Or do we use Latin to be clever?
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Queries just go on for ever.
Useless to explain the reason
Out goes Latin till next season!
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QUID PRO QUO
(An Acrostic)
Questions arise about this phrase!
Unless they’re answered I’m in a daze!
Is the meaning 'tit-for-tat'?
'Do this for me and I’ll do that?'
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Perhaps the Latin suits it better
Revealing the meaning in each letter.
Or do we use Latin to be clever?
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Queries just go on for ever.
Useless to explain the reason
Out goes Latin till next season!
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11 comments:
Reminds me of a poem that my Grandpa used to recite. the recurring phrase was "then I laughed as he did - he he he he he - but I laughed at the wrong time".
An Arkies Musings
So funny, Brenda. Fortunately, I could laugh out loud, being alone except for the dog, who slept right through it.
And yes, people do get confused about quid pro quo.
-- K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Meow Brenda!
That was funny. But it was a new word for me. I thought this was because I only am an ordinary house cat with a limited vocabulary. So I asked my two-legged mother if she knew what it meant. No, she did not. It was a new word for her too.
Purrs,
Sara Cat
Sara Cat's ABCWedrd-8-C as in Cheshire Cat
Bravo. Lots of chuckles ...
And I came back to wish you a happy 80th. Saw your comment on Jingle Poetry to that effect.
Happy days, Brenda!
Rhyme on ...
That first one had me giggling!
you were a little troublemaker, weren't you/
ROG, ABCW team
CACHINNATION: You must've left people cross eyed..!!! :-)))))
QUID PRO QUO: Surely it doesn't mean... 'blood for blood'.... 'eye for eye'..!!
What a good word! It's a long time since I had a good cachinnation. My husband sometimes comes out with something that will set us both off. What it is to have a good sense of humor!
Terrific new word. Thanks. I'm afraid I do this much too often. Love the verse and your way of explaining it.
Brenda, great contribution to C day. Your cachinnation causes a cacophony for all around you!
Thank you!
HelenMac, ABC Wednesday Team
Have never heard that word - sure love your poem about it! Great acrostic as well!
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