lozenge

It was a funny limerick, but perhaps it was my oedilf days which led me to think the whole time that the stresses ended up on the wrong words. With no offense intended, I'll offer up this slight change.

Mr. Yarb was a Wordie renowned
and his views on what rhymes were quite sound
they offered up "lozenge"
to rhyme against "orange"
and he promptly dropped dead to the ground.

Yeah, I gotta work on that list some more. It's kinda paltry.

Well, yarb, that's where I got my username, after all. You could've expected I'd be a bit of a geek about it. Or, you know, just expected that I'm a bit of a geek.

Thanks asativum: I've never been limericked before. I feel loved.

cb: you and your heraldry!

It also describes a type of bookbinding design--same shape. That's what I usually think of--that and the Smith Brothers. ;-)

I was *wondering* why I always think of this word as diamond-shaped. So I went looking. Now I know.

From Wikipedia.

"The lozenge in heraldry is a diamond-shaped charge (an object that can be placed on the field of the shield), usually somewhat narrower than it is tall... A field covered in a pattern of lozenges is described as lozengy... The lozenge has for many centuries been particularly associated with women as a vehicle for the display of their coats of arms (instead of the escutcheon or shield). ..."

Said friend actually pronounces it "lozenger", but that's still a darling limerick.

Har! A rhyme so ugly, you could plotz.

This was a great laugh Asativum. Thanks!

Yarb was a wordie most renowned
Whose views on rhymes were quite sound
He was offered up "lozenge"
to rhyme against "orange"
and promptly dropped, dead, to the ground.

Yeah. I see what you mean.

If one more person tells me this rhymes with orange, I will die.

My friend from up Minnesota just remarked, "There's no 'R'; I'm so suprised." Hahahahahah.

This word is a joke in itself to me. I was driving in Pennsylvania with a good friend many years ago and ... well, just see the page for Ronks.