Posts Tagged ‘Language Humor’

A “Potential” Limerick

Saturday, September 13th, 2025

Is “potential” a positive word?
I once thought so, but now I feel spurred
To consider the fact,
That with each evil act
Trump’s destructive potential’s bestirred.

GOP Hypocrisy (Limerick)

Thursday, December 17th, 2020

“Republicans suddenly discover they don’t like naughty words”

O! M! G! Biden’s aide used a word
That is naughty! What outrage it’s stirred
In the horde that ignored
All the curses Trump roared.
They’re a vile, hypocritical herd.

What I Won’t Call Donald Trump (Limerick)

Tuesday, July 9th, 2019

I’m often inclined to admonish
The Donald; his actions astonish.
Trump’s the King of “Fake News,”
But I’d never accuse
Him of being the slightest bit “donnish.”

Thanks to Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day feature, I now know that “donnish” means bookish and pedantic.

A Tale of Dueling Headlines

Thursday, January 18th, 2018

“Stormy Daniels Once Claimed She Spanked Donald Trump With a Forbes Magazine”

“Trump’s Net Worth Tanks On New Forbes List Of Richest Americans”

In other words, Trump has been both literally and figuratively spanked by Forbes.