This week's theme: words about books. amphigory (AM-fi-gor-ee) noun, also amphigouri
A nonsensical piece of writing, usually in verse form, typically composed as a parody. [From French amphigouri, of obscure origin.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=amphigory -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "More jeers than cheers currently greet the amphigories of Father Divine, and the followers of kindred dark-town messiahs are noisier than they are numerous." Mark Gauvreau Judge; Justice to George S. Schuyler; Policy Review (Washington, DC), Aug/Sep 2000. Sponsored by: One-stop shopping for the smart secretaries on your gift list: funny T-shirts, books, mags and more: http://www.mentalfloss.com/ Speak French, German, Spanish or Italian? Speak it better with Champs-Elysees audio magazines! http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith2 ............................................................................ The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change. -Richard Bach, writer (1936- ) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/amphigory.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/amphigory.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/amphigory.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
