LIMERICK

PRONUNCIATION: (LIM-uhr-ik)

MEANING: noun: A humorous, often risque, verse of three long (A) and two short (B) lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA.

ETYMOLOGY: After Limerick, a county in Ireland. The origin of the name of the verse is said to be from the refrain �Will you come up to Limerick?� sung after each set of extemporized verses popular at gatherings. Earliest documented use: 1896.

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GLIMERICK - the duration of an average sighting of the Loch Ness Monster; also, its appearance

LIVERICK - typical child's response to being served fried organ meat (with or without bacon)

LIMEDICK - the Green Whale