#122: tumescent

10/9/2015

she was tumescent
from her shoes to clothes to bling
and, notably, mouth

Mimi Bobeck played by Kathy Kinney on The Drew Carey Show.

Never really watched the show, and don't currently even have a TV, but this photo of her in character seemed to embody my haiku somehow...

Definitely: Over. The. Top.

DEFINITION of this 3-syllable adjective:

pompous and pretentious, especially in the use of language; bombastic.
swelling; slightly tumid.
exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions; teeming.

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