A handsome young poppin named Chucky
thought he was incredibly lucky.
His girlfriend from Hell
was named Annabelle;
to own them was very unlucky.
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Author Notes
Today's word: poppin (n.) a child's doll.
Image: CC0 licence - no attribution required.
Because I didn't want to scare small children (ok, I lie - because one wasn't legally available), I haven't included a picture of the real Chucky & Annabelle here. Instead, I have included a family friendly shot which may, or may not, be the eyes of Barbie, who turns 58 today.
My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
Thanks for reading.
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