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yaffle

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about 1 month ago yarb said:

The Formative Minds
are at it again -
exchanging sterile
platitudes, students
sip Pils, wear daft clothes.

One of them yaffles
in gormless Scotch tones
treating of ball games
and cheeky rude pranks -
he's a fun person.

- Peter Reading, 5x5x5x5x5, 1983

8 months ago chained_bear said:

Also a Newfoundland word describing a pile of seal pelts stacked to be dragged back to the ship.

11 months ago reesetee said:

I think it aptly describes that goofy little crest some woodpeckers have. ;-)

11 months ago trivet said:

lovely!

11 months ago reesetee said:

The Green Woodpecker, Picus viridis, from Europe and western Asia. See also: popinjay.

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