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#113: birling

9/30/2015

my son Drew birling
logging sports fan distracting
into drink falling

That's not Drew at left. Don't remember ever seeing him birling.

That's him on the right with his buddy Ira, back in his logging sports days!

DEFINITION of this 2-syllable noun

Chiefly Northern U.S. a game played by lumberjacks, in which each tries to balance longest on a floating log while rotating the log with the feet.

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#112: anomia

9/29/2015

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the joyous grandam
was glowing of countenance
despite anomia

Do you ever see a person, wish you could talk to them... get to know them a little better... just because they look so interesting?

I have no idea who this woman is, but she expresses grace, confidence, wisdom, peace... beauty.

DEFINITION of this 4-syllable noun:

Medicine/Medical. the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names ofobjects.

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#111: wayworn

9/28/2015

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wayworn jetsetters
tired of flying, rush and fuss
slowed down, bought a bus

Well, I didn't say what kind of bus...

DEFINITION of this 2-syllable adjective:

worn or wearied by travel.

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#110: minimax

9/27/2015

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his minimax freed
from maximum gambling greed
and minimum heed

Seems most people who gamble [in casinos] have zero strategy beyond quitting after losing a pre-determined amount of money. Quitting after winning a certain amount of money would be a better strategy... but almost never happens for most people.

I think of Las Vegas as "Disneyland on the Dark Side." I'm quite certain the planners and designers of casinos spend a lot of time at Disneyland, taking copious notes, with the intent of making Las Vegas "family friendly"...
We live in a strange world.

DEFINITION of this 3-syllable noun:

a strategy of game theory employed to minimize a player's maximum possible loss.

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#109: galumph

9/26/2015

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a baleful galumph
onomatopoetic
peg-leg, great girth, hump

This game character model represented the word "galumph" for this day's haiku very well I thought. It's a pirate ork from one of the many RPG games in that universe.

Players are increasingly able to render their favorite characters and get them produced on a 3D printer, which they can then paint.

This kind of product is turning the merchandising world on its head.

DEFINITION of this 2-syllable verb:

to move along heavily and clumsily.

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#108: donnybrook

9/25/2015

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one innocent look
at his girl the cowboy took
sparked this donnybrook

Not a big fight fan, but I think my all-time favorite fight scene is this donnybrook in The Quiet Man with John Wayne and a wonderful cast of characters. Good film all-around.

DEFINITION of this 3-syllable noun:

(often initial capital letter) an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all

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#107: scorbutic

9/24/2015

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chronic scorbutic
moved from Arctic clinic for
citrus Atlantic

Hammerfest, Norway — photo credit: aaroads.com

This is a most fantastical photo... don't know if it's a composite or manipulated, but it perfectly captures the spirit of Arctic nights and sunny Florida days. If this was a single-shot photo, I want to go there!

DEFINITION of this 3-syllable adjective:

Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.

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