Jensen Family News

Meaty Elk

2010-02-12T09:20:00.001-08:00

The word is wapiti (an elk)

Never put colorful graffiti
On the side of a wapiti.
It will make him less meaty
Like a bowl with one Wheatie.

Campy!

2010-02-11T09:06:00.000-08:00

The word is: campy (comically exaggerated)

By a cabin in the cold morning air
I yelled "hello-o-o, is anyone there?"
A campy echo came back
To that little brown shack.
It said, "just me, a big grizzly bear."

OK, so I changed this poem just a tiny bit!

2009-11-08T15:00:00.000-08:00

A new word for your vocabulary is coomb (a narrow valley)

The new bride met the groom
Who's name was [Ben] Boom
At the end of a long coomb
Next to President Grant's tomb.
We'll have to assume
She said va va voom
Since she's the one whom
Would soon make him vacuum,
Clean up the master bathroom,
And sweep with a bristle broom
Every dirty, dusty, dingy room.
This bachelor met his doom.

Lollop At Your Own Risk

2009-09-09T20:20:00.000-07:00

A new word for the day is lollop (to loll, or lounge)

Don't ever try to whollop
Your kids when they lollop,
Or when they try to doll up
Like an English trollop.
Instead simply call up
A mean Sunrise Mall cop.

Grandpa Jensen

Dang that Prang

2009-09-06T15:35:00.000-07:00

I am back with the word of the day. It is prang (to cause to crash)

The midnight train began to clang
When the foul Sleepy Hollow gang
Rode up on palomino and mustang
Their blazing guns going bang, bang
Causing the chugging train to prang.
On Monday Loredo's church bells rang
As folks watched the desperadoes hang
While the town's choir heartily sang
Even kids watched the whole shebang.

Grandpa Jensen

Kent is Sorry!

2009-08-21T08:18:00.001-07:00

The word is dilatory (tardy)

Kent Blair was so sorry
He made up a big story
On why he was dilatory,
For the dinner was done
And he missed all the fun
Even the chicken cacciatore.

Grandpa Jensen

Mikie on his Trikie

2009-08-19T13:10:00.001-07:00

The word is bikie (a biker)

A young Anderson named Mikie
Wanted to be a cool bikie.
Heck's Angels didn't likie
Mikie on his shiny red trikie
And said "go take a hikie!"

Grandpa Jensen

Let Your Glim So Shine!

2009-08-15T09:54:00.000-07:00

The word is glim (a light, lamp)

It's hard to sing a hymn with vim
When your weak glim is too dim
Even if you're a plump cherubim
Perched on a tree limb with Jim.

Grandpa Jensen

Hot Rolls

2009-08-14T11:05:00.000-07:00

Try this word. Bap (a small bun, or roll)

If a sizzling hot bap
Lands in your lap,
Don't scream old chap.
Just tip your cap
And give it a tap.
Then go take a nap.

Turkeys can do genealogy?

2009-07-26T16:05:00.000-07:00

Good Sabbath:

A new word is Nixie (a female water sprite)

There once was a turkey named Tom
Who went to Ancestry.com.
He found a Nixie in his line
Who was an ancestor of mine,
She was his mom's mom's mom.

A Huge Woman

2009-07-24T11:40:00.001-07:00

Try this word. Zingy (enjoyably exciting)

I wonder if I shall ever see
A huge woman in the sea
Holding a torch thingy
That would be zingy,
She's the Statue of Liberty.

Oh Rubbish!

2009-07-14T19:30:00.001-07:00

The word is dreck (rubbish)

I'm always a nervous wreck
When I find lots of dreck
On my redwood deck.
It's a pain in the neck,
Oh well, what the heck!

Grandpa Jensen

Hulla Baloo

2009-07-11T16:04:00.001-07:00

The word today is hullabaloo (an uproar , or fuss)

If you sneak up behind a gnu
At the new Sacramento zoo
And scream boo!
He will charge you
Causing a hullabaloo
And you'll be scared too!

Bonjour!

2009-07-01T15:28:00.001-07:00

Le mot (French for the word) of the day is zerk (a grease fitting)

A young French soda jerk
Wore a smile and a smirk
As he greased a zerk
In his prized pink '55 Merc.
The engine began to perk,
But then it went berserk.
Alas, it just didn't work.

Gravitating Forces

2009-06-30T11:35:00.001-07:00

A new word is syzygy (The straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies; as sun, moon, and earth, in a gravitational system)

Once in a blue moon
On a hot day in June,
The moon and the sun
And Earth become one.
A syzygy in the afternoon.

gangrel on the lose

2009-05-23T09:00:00.001-07:00

The word is gangrel (a vagabond)

There was a young lass named Joelle
Who was a famous traveling gangrel
She went far, she went wide
With an alligator by her side
As her protector and it worked out well.

Grandpa Jensen

Selling Poetry on E-Bay

2009-05-22T08:12:00.000-07:00

The word of the day is doggerel (trivial, awkwardly written verse)

Grandpa Jensen always starts the day
Writing doggerel in a very trite way.
He writes of hippos, giraffes, and dogs,
Eels, elves, elk, foxes, and pollywogs,
And futilely tries to sell them on E-Bay.

19th Century Album

2009-05-19T08:11:00.000-07:00

A unique new word is albumblatt (A short, light instrumental piano piece from the 19th century)

There as I sat at my grand piano
Playing sharps and some flats,
A pesky pint-sized gnat
Buzzed around my hat.
When I'd had enough of that,
Using my left hand I went splat!
With the other I played for my cat
A simple right-handed albumblatt.

Don't Geck the Speck

2009-05-17T14:59:00.000-07:00

A new word is geck (to mock)

When Horton found the speck
All Whoville started to geck.
The pachyderm was a nervous wreck
But finally trumpeted, "what the heck,
That Seuss guy is really high tech,
So it's up to me to protect the fleck".

A Curch at Church

2009-05-14T08:40:00.000-07:00

A new word. curch (a kerchief)

Next Sunday when you perch
On your pew made of birch
At the neighborhood church,
Be sure to join the search
For a lost polka dot curch
Left by good Sister Gurch

Have you heard the News?

2009-05-13T07:28:00.000-07:00

A new word for you is schmooze (to gossip)

When you spread hurtful news
That is skewered with false views
Remember it's not nice to schmooze.
It always causes a lot of boo-hoos
When other reputations you bruise,
And you end up singing "the blues."

Prunes R Us

2009-05-11T21:51:00.000-07:00

A new word is peckish (a little hungry)

If you feel a bit peckish at noon
And swallow a big pitted prune.
Your stomach will bloat
You will sing a sour note
And end up howling at the moon.

Lumgosi Loses It

2009-05-01T18:53:00.000-07:00

The word ataxy (loss of muscular co-ordination)

This is a most peculiar fact,
Lumgosi had a high wire act.
He took a fast taxi
And suffered ataxy
His circus boss, without tact,
Said "that's it, you're sacked,
Don't ever try to come back,
Or Lumgosi you'll be whacked."

Grok Walk

2009-04-30T08:23:00.001-07:00

Thursday's word is grok (to understand intuitively)

Some don't need the ticktock
Of the old grandfather's clock
When it's time for their walk.
For them it's a matter of grok.

Not In Church!!!

2009-04-22T10:55:00.001-07:00

A new word for the day is thew (a well developed muscle)

When you're caught flexing your thew
Sunday while sitting in a church pew
Like many American musclemen do,
Your ward members will have no clue
How your enormous arm muscle grew
(And left leg muscle, too). Who knew?

Overweight Cow?

2009-04-21T08:11:00.000-07:00

The word...jokey (amusing)

It wasn't too jokey
I'll tell you right now.
I was thrown in the poky
With an overweight cow.

Take it Easy

2009-04-20T08:52:00.001-07:00

The word is hoolie (easy, slow)

There was an old Chinese coolie
Who walked across the great wall.
He pulled his rickshaw so hoolie
It took spring, summer, and fall.

Wonky Donkey

2009-04-19T18:49:00.000-07:00

The word is wonky (unsteady)

There was once a three-legged donkey
Whose gallop was ridiculously wonky.
He ran down the road
Like an inebriated toad,
As unsteady as a peg-legged monkey.

A Cat Sipping Juice

2009-04-18T12:08:00.000-07:00

The word...belike (perhaps)

You don't want to be like Dr. Seuss
Who wrote about the constant abuse,
Of a cross-eyed Canada goose
And a three-antlered female moose.
Belike you had better stay loose
And write about an Indian papoose,
Maybe an outlaw with neck in a noose,
Or a Cheshire cat sipping juicy-juice,
Even the Afghan Taliban calling a truce.
Oh well, maybe not, what's the use?

A wonderful, amazing and beautiful word and poem...

2009-04-16T08:40:00.001-07:00

The word for today is gobbledygook (using 2, or 3, or 10 words in the place of one)

I read in a thousand paged book
About an educated Harvard spook
Who spoke only in gobbledygook.
It is really not a grammarian fluke
That the scholar has always forsook
Simple phrases like Gad Zooks!

It's Just a Faze

2009-04-15T09:42:00.001-07:00

Today's word is feeze (to faze)

I get very weak in the knees
When I hear someone sneeze,
Or at the buzzing of irate bees,
And at mice nibbling my cheese.
But I am not prone to feeze
By a soft gentle breeze,
Or at drunk monkeys in trees
In the dense jungles of Belize.

Feeding on the Good Word

2009-04-10T15:40:00.000-07:00

Today's word is kerfuffle (a disorderly outburst or tumult)

Marcia tried her best to muffle
Her Valiant 9's boisterous kerfuffle.
The boys were so unruly,
Teasing the girls unduly.
She finally calmed the mad shuffle
By giving each a chocolate truffle.

Banking Crisis*

2009-04-09T18:45:00.000-07:00

A new word. gwine (to move along)

At the corner of Hollywood and Vine
Is a bank where I stood in a long line.
It seemed it took forever to gwine.
After three hours I was feeling fine,
And began singing "Ald Lang Syne".
I reached the teller about five "O" nine,
When I noticed the "we're closed" sign.
I began to complain, whimper and whine.
They said, "come tomorrow, you swine,"
And are now very close enemies of mine.

*all the fine poetry is attributed to W. Boyd Jensen, but I take the credit for the Titles!!!

Another True Story!

2009-04-08T13:00:00.000-07:00

The word...moxie (skill or daring)

A Czechoslovakian girl named Roxie
Was thought by Czechs to be foxily foxy.
She jumped off of a mile high cliff,
Landed upside down in a snow drift,
Some said, "wow that Roxie has moxie."

P.S. Some Czechs really thought, "what the heck,"
Roxie is nothing more than a bounced Czech."

A True Story

2009-04-07T08:46:00.001-07:00

Today the word is equinox (When day and night are the same length)

Curtis never changes his socks,
During the autumnal equinox
That is when he sets all his clocks,
Waters his flocks and Holly Hocks,
And when he throws small rocks
At neighbors in adjoining blocks.

Posted by Crayola-Some kids on the block nicknamed me that!!

2009-04-06T13:09:00.000-07:00

Toodle-oo.

The word is sobriquet (nickname, pronounced so-bri-kay)

Can you deny that Nick's name
Is an abbreviated nickname?

Nay, nay, you cannot, I say!
'tis an interesting sobriquet,
That is short for Nicholas, hooray!
He came out of the faucet that way.

Cakey-tending to form lumps

2009-04-01T11:51:00.000-07:00

Today's word is cakey (tending to form lumps)

There was a young chap who was flaky.
His taut muscles were decidedly achy.
His abs had a series of lumps,
A bunch of little goose bumps
His whole body was shaky and cakey.

umm, well umm

2009-03-30T09:36:00.001-07:00

The word is umm (used to indicate hesitation)

Whey you are out with a chum
And he offers you some gum,
Flavored with Jamaican rum,
Please don't be incredibly dumb
And say "umm, I'd like some."
Answer, "I promised my mum,
Not to take rum gum from a bum."

Dotter Daughter

2009-03-29T16:52:00.000-07:00

Today's word is dotter (one that dots)

Papa shouldn't have bought her
That elusive wild sea otter.
She threw him back in the water.
And the papa then got her
A Himalayan fly swatter
With instructions that taught her
About flies she could slaughter.

But the best think he got her
Was a pen, paper, and blotter.
She then became less a daughter
And much more a dot dotter.

Grandpa Jensen

Sad Dog Poem

2009-03-26T10:15:00.000-07:00

Today's word is yoiks (used to encourage hunting hounds)

Yoiks! He yelled at his sleeping hounds,
Using one of the world's funniest sounds.
The hunter's lazy beagle dogs
Lay there like twenty dead logs
So he dropped them off at the dog pound.

Wednesday Word-Adunc

2009-03-25T08:31:00.000-07:00

The word of the day is adunc (bent inward)

When a Spanish monastic monk
Met the Pope his body was adunc
He bowed so very low
His nose touched his toe
Caramba! poh! pht! It really stunk.

Pinocchio--Trials Before Becoming a Real Boy

2009-03-23T09:25:00.000-07:00

The word is pud (pudding)

Pinocchio was offered some food,
Including a delicious caramel pud.
The boy said "It looks terribly good,
And I would if I possibly could,
But my tummy is made out of wood.
We puppets are so misunderstood!"

Grandpa Jensen

Beaten By Courtney

2009-03-22T14:19:00.000-07:00

Today's limerick is beat-boxing, beat-boxer (a form of vocal percussion)

Our Courtney's a beat-boxer extraordinaire.
Her incredible sounds fill the still night air.
She mimics drums, cymbals and trumpets,
While sipping cocoa and crunching crumpets
Thus thrilling audiences from here to Zaire.

Grandpa Jensen

Pinguid

2009-03-18T11:59:00.001-07:00

The word today is pinguid (greasy)

If you ever handle a pinguid squid
Like I did when I was a little kid,
You'll let out a squeamish squeal
Then miss your afternoon meal
And run away and hide, like I did.

Cooter - A Turtle

2009-03-11T09:34:00.000-07:00

Today's word is cooter (a turtle)

A sports loving green cooter
Invited a lonely barn owl hooter
(Who was somewhat cuter)
For a ride on his pewter scooter
To a game where he was a rooter.

Naughty Cecily!! Ooooooo!

2009-03-08T20:25:00.000-07:00

A new word for the day is jotty (written down quickly)

Cecily was so naughty.
Her school notes were blotty.
Her i's were not dotty
Because they were jotty.

Palin D. Rome

2009-03-05T10:16:00.000-08:00

Today's word is palindrome (a word that reads the same forward and backward)

In his original Eden home
Adam used a palindrome.
"Madam, I'm Adam"

And not to be outdone
The first girl gave him one.
"Eve"

~Dad~

Smeeking Greek Freak!

2009-03-04T10:31:00.000-08:00

Today's word is smeek (to smoke)

Zeke went down to the creek
And saw a wandering Greek
Who was starting to smeek.
Meek Zeke commenced to speak.
"Smeeking will make you weak
And look like a Greek geek.
You'll make the forest reek,
As birds sniff with their beaks
And choking deer go eek, eek!
Chipmunk's with large cheeks
Full of smoke will have to squeak.
Is this really what you seek
My smeeking Greek freak?"

Your non-smeeking Grandpa Jensen

Jimpy--Neatly Dressed

2009-02-28T12:35:00.000-08:00

The new word for the day is jimpy (neatly dressed)

A kangaroo was limpy,
Two ton Tillie was blimpy,
King Kong was chimpy,
Tiny Tim was very gimpy,
Mr. Milquetoast was wimpy,
Mr. Goodwrench was crimpy,
The Lollipop Guild was impy,
And the jungle's Tarzan was jimpy.
As he swung from his chimp's tree.

Wisha

2009-02-25T18:30:00.000-08:00

Today's new word is wisha (an interjection used to express surprise)

Did any of you ever say wisha!
When da basketball didn't swisha?
Or you dropped mamma's disha?
Or you didn't catcha da big fisha?
Or when dinner didn't tasta delicia?
Or when old friends didn't mish ya?

bawtie-baw wow

2009-02-24T09:22:00.000-08:00

Today's word is bawtie (a dog)

You can put a bow tie on a guy,
But never on a growling bawtie.
It will definitely make him cry
And whimper a sad dog sigh.
His tail will wag a fond bye bye
As he asks himself why, oh, why?
I'd rather be hit with a cherry pie.

Gloppy- A Messy Mass Covered with Glop!

2009-02-23T08:21:00.000-08:00

Today's word is gloppy (covered with glop, a messy mass or mixture)

Sarah's old pink jalopy
Was extremely gloppy
Caryn's California poppy
Was droopy and sloppy.
Rachelle's rabbit was so hoppy
And her horse was clip cloppy.
Marcia went to shoppy
For a computer floppy.

Frizz--formation of tight, small curls

2009-02-22T18:23:00.000-08:00

Today's word is frizz (to form into small, tight curls)

If you ever come upon a hibernating grizz
Who slumbers quietly and hasn't yet rizz,
Don't check to see if his fur is up in frizz
Because it is none of your bizz, just hizz.

Don't Skelp My Face

2009-02-21T17:37:00.000-08:00

Today's word is skelp (to slap)

A young girl at the zoo gave a yelp
When an orangutan gave her skelp.
Her name was Eliza
And it is no surpriza
That three zebras came over to help.

Snool Snool Snool

2009-02-19T10:53:00.000-08:00

Today's word is snool (to yield meekly)

I know this is cruel,
And I'm sure that you'll
Exercise the golden rule

But I once knew a fool,
The kind of guy who'll
As a general rule
Whimper and drool
And continue to snool
While riding his mule
Past the local pool
Wearing a costly jewel.

FANTOD--man I'm emotional!!!

2009-02-18T10:57:00.000-08:00

Today's word is fantod (an emotional outburst)

A young lad named Alex had a fantod,
Then whipped Elche, his dog, with a rod.
Some might think it not right
To punish a canine at night,
But that bad dog swallowed Alex's I-Pod.

Spurtle--meaning a stick for stirring porridge

2009-02-15T17:40:00.000-08:00

The word of the day is spurtle (a stick for stirring porridge)

Mythical Myrtle the turtle
Wore a fringed purple girdle,A
nd she used a long spurtle
So her porridge wouldn't curdle.

Serry--meaning to crowd together

2009-02-12T09:16:00.000-08:00

The word of the day is serry (to crowd together)

The people were quite merry
When they began to serry
On the crowded Seattle ferry.
Jerry said, "this is real scary!"
Larry said, "yes, very, very!"
As they sank in the estuary.

Chook--meaning a chicken

2009-02-11T07:59:00.000-08:00

Today's word is chook (a chicken)

There once was a chook by a babbling brook
Who was reading a foul turkey cook book.
He learned how to instantly sautee
Big gobblers in a miraculous way,
1,000 degrees for two minutes is all it took.

Voacb Dad Yo #40

2009-02-09T09:49:00.000-08:00

Today's word is fabber (fabulous)

Some think it is fabulously fabber,
To constantly gossip and jabber.
But they'd have better days
If they offered uplifting praise,
That would be a real fine grabber.

Yo Dad Vocab #39

2009-02-08T08:52:00.000-08:00

A new word for you...wodge (a chunk of something)

Samuel was on the way to the lodge,
Through the air flew a mysterious wodge.
He moved left, he moved right
Until it disappeared out of sight.
Some say Sam made an "artful dodge."

Dad Vocab #38

2009-02-05T09:33:00.000-08:00

Today's word is goa (an Asian gazelle)

There once was a very fast goa,
Who thought he was an African boa.
He met a hungry lion named Noah
And now the poor goa is no moah.

Yo Dad Vocab #37

2009-02-04T08:16:00.000-08:00

Today's word is iwis (certainly)

I iwis wish I had some iris.
I iwis wish Bin Ladin had a virus.
I iwis wish this was written on papyrus.
I iwis wish Michael's name was Cyrus.

Yo Vocab #36

2009-02-02T09:21:00.001-08:00

Today's word is hongi (to greet each other by pressing noses together)

There once was an Eskimo named Mose,
Who had icicles dangling from his nose.
He gave a hongi to some strangers
(Seventeen lost Canadian forest rangers)
Resulting in seventeen noses that froze.

Remembering

2009-02-01T20:21:00.000-08:00

Remembering a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

I really like this picture...you look across and can see Rachel and Julia just like a reflection of Ciara and Katie.

Cecily Harris, Allie Harris, Rachel Stapp, Katie Jensen, Ciara Jensen and Julia Stapp. Aren't they just beautiful. Diane has some beautiful grandchildren.

Michael Anderson, Alex Stapp and Nathan Harris. Okay they are beautiful too!

Yo Dad Vocab #35

2009-02-01T13:25:00.001-08:00

Today's word is loid (to open a spring lock by using a piece of celluloid)

Rebekah had a very corroded lock.
Which was rusted as solid as a rock.
She tried to open it using a loid,
Yelled out "heavens to Mergatroid!"
Then opened it by giving it a big sock.

Yo Dad Vocab #34

2009-01-31T13:24:00.000-08:00

Today's word is rhombus *a type of geometric figure...a square)

You never should cuss
When taking the bus.
Instead you should disuss
Things like a rhombus
With the rest of us.

Yo Dad #33

2009-01-29T11:20:00.000-08:00

Today's word is footy (paltry, petty)

This may sound awfully footy,
But it has always been my duty
To tell each granddaughter cutie
That she is delightfully tutti-frutti

Yo Dad Vocab #32

2009-01-28T10:02:00.000-08:00

A word for today is bise (a cold wind)

If you guys ever recognize a brief bise,
Blowing over your hot McDonald's fries.
I'm telling you...no fooling
They'll really start cooling.
The fries will ice up before your eyes.

YDV #31

2009-01-24T12:25:00.000-08:00

Today's word is Beck (gesture)

Captain Quig saw a woman on deck,
And instantly gave a shy little beck.
He was so distracted
By the way she reacted
That the Titanic got into a big wreck.

Yo Dad Vocab #30

2009-01-17T08:49:00.000-08:00

Today's word is troke (to exchange)

There once was an Australian bloke
Who decided he wanted to troke
Some hippity hoppity kangaroos
Wearing bippity-boppity shoes
For a six pack of cold diet Coke.

Yo Vocab #29

2009-01-15T10:20:00.001-08:00

Today's word is frap (to bind firmly)

The billionaire Baron Google Von Trappe,
Was a financially challenged sort of chap.
Though he had lots of money
He most often dressed funny,
Frapping his pants made of ugly burlap.

Yo Dad V-#28

2009-01-14T08:25:00.001-08:00

Today's word is PHT (used as an expression of mild annoyance or anger)

A young Anderson boy named Michael,
Rode his sister Sofia's little red tricycle.
The trike was so small,
As he rode to the mall,
He yelled "PHT"! I need my own bicycle.

Yo Dad Vocab #27

2009-01-11T20:50:00.000-08:00

Today's word is venatic (pertaining to hunting)

Caryn Stapp is an outdoor fanatic
Who adores everything venatic.
She shoots pheasant and hare,
Moose, mosquito, and bear,
Using her Uzzi semi-automatic.

Yo Dad Vocab #26

2009-01-07T08:10:00.000-08:00

Today's word is lacertid (a type of lizard)

There once was a kid named Cid
Who found a sleeping lacertid.
He threw it way up in the air,
Gave the poor lizard a scare
That's what that avid kid, Cid, did.

Vocab #25

2009-01-05T10:01:00.001-08:00

Today's word is fey (crazy)

There once was a professor named Ray.
His students said he was decidely fey.
Like egg-headed Humpty Dumpty
His his head was entirely empty
Confirmed by a Kaiser medical x-ray.

Yodadvocab! #24

2009-01-04T17:13:00.001-08:00

Today's word is weet (to know)

When a bird goes tweet tweet
It is quite possible to weet
That they're devouring a treat
Of grain like cracked wheat.
For them it is neatly sweet
Helping them grow bigger feet.

Yo Dad Vocab #23

2008-12-27T12:13:00.001-08:00

Today's word is bazoo (the mouth)

Samuel visited the famous Bronx Zoo
Where he played his tin plated kazoo.
He played it so bad
A baboon got real mad
And smacked poor Sam in the bazoo!

Yo Dad #22

2008-12-24T11:22:00.000-08:00

Good morning Christmas Eve day!

Today's word is traik (to trudge, walk tiredly)

There once was a fine young Blair named Jake,
Who began to traik a long trek by Donner lake.
He staggered along
Singing a sad song
While trying to devour an enormous pancake.

For heaven's sake, shake and bake, Jake!

Yo Dad Vocab #21

2008-12-21T15:09:00.000-08:00

Today's word is ulu (an Eskimo boat)

There once was an Eskimo named Xulu
Who owned a used four seater ulu.
Xulu put it up for trade on E-Bay
And traded it the following day,
For spears from Bulu, an African Zulu.

Yo Dad Vocab #20

2008-12-20T13:20:00.000-08:00

Today's word is pah (used as an exlamation of disgust)

When Mortimer's aging pa
Saw the pile of cold slaw
Concocted by his mama,
Old pa screamed, pah!
And called in the law
Causing lots of hoopla,
After a sock on his jaw
From his wife's big paw
She giggled "ha ha ha.
My slaw may be blah,
But your jaw will be raw."

Yo #19

2008-12-18T16:53:00.000-08:00

Today's word is jones (to have a strong craving for something)

There was a dietician named Jones,
Who had an incredibly strong jones
For chocolate and ice cream cones.
He spent most of the day on his phones
Ordering goodies from nine time zones.
Jones could feel desserts in his bones.

Yo Dad Vocab #18

2008-12-17T13:09:00.000-08:00

The word of the day is clept (to call by name)

From his sleigh Santa lept.
Over the rooftop he crept.
Down the chimney so adept
While tired Blair kids slept.
But Santa was woefully inept.
His reindeer he couldn't clept.
Now Dunder, uh, er, (he wept.)
Go Blitzkreig...on...on...Comept
Santa should have been prepped.

Yo Vocab Dad #17

2008-12-13T10:06:00.001-08:00

Today's word is mazy (full of confusing turns and passages)

There was a young lady named Daisy
Lost in a maize maze that was mazy.
She turned left, she turned right,
For 3 years dropped out of sight
Finally returning a bit hazy and crazy.

Yo Dad #16

2008-12-12T08:49:00.001-08:00

Today's word is randy (a rude person)

A randy asked Sandy
For some of her candy
Which she had handy.
That was find and dandy
But is was full of brandy.

Yo Vocab #15

2008-12-10T09:10:00.000-08:00

The word for today is bortz (a low quality diamond)

A lass named Samantha Swartz,
Liking all kinds of outdoor sports,
Is a tennis player on the courts
Sam wears pink Bermuda shorts,
And her body is covered with warts.
Her new wedding ring is just bortz,
That's not much better than quartz.
No wonder Sam is so out of sorts.

Yo Dad Vocab #14

2008-12-08T14:42:00.001-08:00

The new word is igg (to ignore)

A hungry pig ate a fig
While jigging a big jig
That he just couldn't igg.
He executed a wiggly zig,
Now he's in the piggy brig.
Do you dig?

Yo Dad Vocab #13 (I know this word BTW)

2008-12-06T11:42:00.000-08:00

Today's word is toting (carrying by hand)

There once was a cheat named Pete
Who snuck into a religious retreat
Where one hundred greeting nuns
Toting new repeating pellet guns,
Peppered Pete the Cheat in the seat.

Yo Dad Vocab #12

2008-12-05T09:58:00.000-08:00

Runtisa (a small person or animal)

There once was a runtisa named Lisa
Who approached customs with her visa.
"You can't come in here!
Because dear lady I fear
You're smaller than a Cheezer's pizza."

Yo Dad Vocab #11

2008-11-26T18:06:00.000-08:00

Today's word is bhoot (a small whirlwind)

A feather twirled in a bhoot through the air.
And it tumbled from Sacramento to Zaire.
Since it doesn't have eyes
It could not really surmise
If it had floated from here or from there.

Yo Dad Vocab #10

2008-11-22T10:26:00.000-08:00

Today's word is wifty (silly, eccentric)

A silly left-handed dog's named Lefty.
Many consider him peculiarly wifty.
He's very careless and free
And considers himself to be
A hearing-ear dog, wow, that is nifty.

Yo Dad Vocab #9

2008-11-20T12:34:00.000-08:00

Today's word is swink (to toil).

I saw a pink mink
under our zinc sink
slurping a big drink
of bubbly blue ink.
He gave me a wink
and started to swink
like a rattled rat-fink.
What do you think
of the rinky-dink mink?

Yo Dad Vocab #8

2008-11-19T17:23:00.000-08:00

Today's word is scurf (scaly or shreeded dry skin).

My scurf came off in the surf
while playing with a Nerf,
so I'm looking for new turf.
Does Elche* still say "erf, erf?"

*Elche-our 15 year old dog

Yo Dad Vocab #7

2008-11-17T08:53:00.001-08:00

Today's word is weet (to know)

It is always a bird treat
when a crow in the wheat
Gives a simple tweet-tweet
and a caw-caw so sweet.
Then you weet in the heat
he'll beat time with his feet.

Yo Dad Vocab #6

2008-11-16T18:20:00.000-08:00

Happy Sabbath!

Today's word is ajiva (inanimate matter)

Bippo the Hippo's saliva
Is not really ever ajiva
When he goes to the pool
Huge lips starting to drool,
Attempting a belly-flop diva.

Grandpa, (who is always ajiva when he is watching tennis on TV)

Yo Dad Vocab #5

2008-11-15T10:07:00.000-08:00

Today's word is plew (beaver skin)

A hunter named Lou
Went to the Bronx zoo
To find a blue plew
On a beaver where it grew.
He didn't have a clue
That this was taboo
And a hostile zoo crew
Wouldn't let him through.
Now Lou is in a big stew.
He boo-hooed, wouldn't you?

Grandplew

Yo Dad Vocab #4

2008-11-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

Today's word is ohing (to exclaim in surpirse, pain, or desire.)

Amazingly while I was rowing
Past a whale that was blowing
I saw a knowing crow crowing
At a small Apache chief sewing
A loin cloth that was flowing,
For a rich guru without knowing
How much he would be owing.
No wonder I kept oh, ohing.

Grandpa

ohing because his debts were growing

Yo Dad Vocab #3

2008-11-12T08:40:00.001-08:00

Today's word is smaze (an atmospheric mixture of smoke and haze).

I stand all amazed
And am really quite dazed
When I gaze at cows graze
Out in fields filled with smaze
In these smoky latter days.

Yo Dad Vocab #2

2008-11-11T10:27:00.000-08:00

Today's word is moue (a small grimace or pout)

Amazing scenes, I have seen quite a few
During my lifetime looking back for a view.
A lame horse wearing an open-toed shoe.
I've heard a few ugly ghosts screech Boo!
Many gorgeous purple cows go moo, moo.
An enormous blue whale when he blew,
And once a caribou at the zoo go achoo!
Witnessed a gangly blue gnu go whew, too.
Even a few Siberian choo-choos go choo.
But of all those amazing things I review,
I've never seen you moue and that's true.

Changed up the blog list

2008-07-07T20:21:00.000-07:00

I decided to utilize the blog list function of blogger, so I added the blogs to a blog list. THe blogs are now listed in order of the most recently updated, with the title of the most recent post. You can keep an eye on the family blog to see if any of the family has updated their blog recently. If amy of you would like to be added to the blog list, added as a contributor to the blog, or any other questions, please let me know!

We look forward to seeing you all at the end of the month!