Twitter Wordplay

These are some of my posts for altered song/film/etc. titles as well as entries for Artwiculate's and Loqwacious's word of the day games on Twitter. You can mouse over the words with dashed underlining for definitions.

The entries that were more serious poems are in with Twitter Haiku and Twitter Poems.

June 2010
While many have heard of the talking drum, less known is the more complicated convo lute.	[convolute]
Dye Hard Hairline Fracture Dis-Tress Your Hair Will Look Coif-ful Shear Luck The Clip Joint	[#BadHairSalons]
The new baker made alimentary aleatory with his dicey rolls.	[aleatory (=related to gambling)]
Two-year-olds are similar to the cognoscenti, as they're always in the no.	[cognoscenti (=those with expert knowledge, those in the know)]
My astrologer dentist checked my cusps and said my horrid oral hygiene was a brush with death.	[cusp]
"'Abstemious' is the only word in the English language with all the vowels in order," he said facetiously.	[abstemious (=refraining)]
There once was a hare that'd chortle At how he'd outrace any mortal One baldly debased Said "Ease up, let's race!" Hare loss from a wee tortle	[chortle]
Larry Haggleman Tom Economy-Sizemore John Landiscount Ernest Borgninetynine-cent-store	[#budgetcelebs]
Gravitas Ganderers: Weight Watchers	[gravitas]
Bleached Lightenin' (from the soundtrack of "Bleach")	[#LaundrySongs]
Mashed potatoes: taterdemalions When the Raggedy Andy and Raggedy Ann dolls got pretentious, they renamed themselves Tatterdemalion and Tatterdefemalion. Tatterdemacheetah: when you get a run in your stockings	[tatterdemalion (=tattered)]
-My toddler is a real hellion. -Mine just rips the stamps off envelopes--a tatter-duh-mail-ion.	[tatterdemalion (=tattered)]

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May 2010
James Bond's foe Anna Graham tried to enervate her enemy, but all she did was venerate her "victim."	[enervate (=to sap the strength of)]
Cannibal prandial problem: Eating a clown seems like a nice amuse-bouche, but it tastes funny.	[prandial (=related to a meal)]
Swiss Internet forums are especially churlish because their country code is .ch and even the addresses are .ch URLs.	[churlish]
Kismet's Kid: Destiny's Child Don't play baseball without KisMitt! If you miss a catch or drop a ball, it was meant to be! Conquering kismet keystrokes: CTRL+F8. How can you fight kismet when it has all those soldiers of fortune?	[kismet (=fate, fortune)]
It's the Split End of the World as We Know It, Follicle on Me, Bangs and Blame, Bad Hair Day by REMington Hair Clippers When Dove's Shampoos Cry & I Would Dye 4 U by pRinse Livin' la Vidal Sasson	[#hairypop]
Scarlet O'Hara's "Fiddle-dee-dee!" was Tara-diddle. What's what hits the spot in a pub without quenching thirst? A dart riddle tarradiddle [anagram]	[tarradiddle (=nonsense)]
Pizza Seeger	[#takeawaysingers (AKA #takeoutsingers)]
It turns out the way to cure all ills ISN'T to write a bad review of a soothsayer, but don't be afraid to pan a seer. An hors d'oeuvre cure-all: a canapé panacea [anagram]	[panacea]
Pokémonaco Tahoma the Brave Dial Em for Murder The X-height Files: I Want to Corbel-ieve, starring Gill Sans Ian Andy-son It's an Umbra-ful Life, starring Verdana Reed A Futura Good Men, starring Demi-bold Moore	[#fontfilms]
Two Weddings and Half a Funeral Sanninhan no Samurai (Three and a Half Samurai) The Bad and the Somewhat Unattractive Blade Saunterer Some Like It Tepid Casagris Studying for the Citizenship Test Kane Some Things Still a Tad Noisy On The Western Front Malcolm V 50 1/2 Dalmatians The Jedi Is Seriously Considering Returning	[#halffilms]
That's SWAT Friends Are For Miranda Right Here Waiting by Richard Marksmanship Kevlara's Theme Blueberry Hill Street Blues by Gats Domino I Would Die 10-4 U You've Really Got a Choke Hold on Me A Hard Tase Night Dusting for Prints in the Wind Perpful Haze	[#copsongs]
Dinosaur dilettante: Tyro-nosaurus Rex	[dilettante (=dabbler)]
Spandexys Midnight Runners	[#textilebands]
Eau d'Ious	[#cheapcolognenames]
Trigger Happy Gilmore Galax Equestrian Star Man o' Wars: Episode II - Tack of the Roans	[#horsefilms]

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April 2010
Long Island Mice Tea	[#petshopdrinks]
Usurper of mall fruit drinks: Orange Julius Seizer	[usurp (=seize and hold)]
Edward James Olmousse Pomme Steve Niçoiseniak Bryant Gumbo Étouffée Wray	[#celebcuisine]
Edsel Livan (not a shew, but really big nonetheless) Chassis Palminteri Mitsubishi Gaynor James Arness UV	[#carpeople]
Al Gored Marcia Gay Hardening of the Arteries Dead as a Charles Van Doren Nail Autopsy Thomas Howell Kiki Dee Bucket	[#deathcelebs]
Hake On Me A Hard Dace Night	[#songsofthesea]
Harry Potter and the Order to Move to Phoenix Intolerable Drool-ty, starring Catheter Zeta-Jones and George New-knee	[#nursinghomefilms]
Bahrain Wilson Kristen Belgium Harmon Killebrunei Deborah Kyrgyzstan Madagascarmen Electra	[#countrycelebs]
-Holy in the ground, Batman. It's Troglodyte! -Don't worry, Robin. He acts brutish, but then he caves.	[troglodyte (=cave/hole dweller, brutish person)]
Troglodytes are so dumb they don't know their home from a hole in the ground. Oh wait... Troglodyte mass times acceleration = brute force (Physics so easy a caveman can do it.) The politically correct term for troglodyte is spelunkhead.	[troglodyte (=cave/hole dweller, brutish person)]
We Just Went Ahead and Exhaled All Fears That Don't Add Up Harry Potter and the Chamber of Common Knowledge Who Left My Cheese Where It Was? Unclear Danger That's Not Here Anyway	[#oppositebooks]
American Pyroclastics Bury My Heart at Wounded Igneous Pinatubo Fast Pinatubo Furious Peggy Vesuvius Got Married Q&Eyjafjallajökull, starring Nick Molten Obsidian and Nancy Pumice Congeniality Basalt on Precinct 13 Magma and Pa Kettle	[#volcanofilms]
Leafing Las Vegas Deciduous and Nancy Walk the Vine Ficus Club (Oops, I broke the first rule of Ficus Club.)	[#plantfilms]
The Island of Dr. Moo-reau, starring Marlon Brandogie Akeelah and the Beef To Calve and Calve Not, starring Humphrey Bovinegart and Lauren Bacow Harry Potter and the Half-Cud Prince Bovine Geste Cow to Train Your Dragon Not an Udder Teen Movie	[#cattlefilms]
Wizen basketball player: Wilt Chamberlain	[wizen]
There once was a captain named Tips Who liked the taciturn for trips He loved crew and boat Thought they'd keep afloat For he'd heard that loose lips sink ships	[taciturn]
Taciturn Tammy's salon only dyes hair in muted tones so that the silent treatment stays with you long after you leave. It's hard to be taciturn on Easter when you're full of Peeps. As he got older, Ted grew ever more taciturn until the reticent youth had become a retidollar adult. My late uncle was so laconic that he had himself cremated and put in a tacit urn. The word of the day is "taciturn," and thus mum's the word.	[taciturn]
Power of invisibility--but only to salesclerks when you're ready to buy something Can run incredibly fast--in place Instantly know if you have 15 items or less for the supermarket express lane.	[#UselessSuperheroPower]
How the Finch Stole Christmas The Da Vinci Crows Clear and Pheasant Danger A Beautiful Myna Who Moved My Chickadees?	[#birdbooks]
Twisted Oasister Lisa Lisa and Blue Öyster Cult Jam with Full Force Van Halen Sync Hootie & the Blowphish Aerosmithereens	[#hybridbands]
Self Control-Alt-Delete Icon to Know What Love Is I Only Want to CPU by Dusty Keyboard Springfield The Netbook of Love Who Can It USB Now?	[#computersongs]
The Blind Side of a Right-Handed Quarterback Needs to Be Protected by a Left Tackle Against the Other Team's Defensive Ends A Joint Task Force Multistate Manhunt That Ultimately Leads to Finding Forrester This Universe and Every Parallel Universe According to Garp	[#excessivefilms]
Carnivorous Marine Mammal With Webbed Flippers But No Tusks George Good in a Way That is Complete in All Respects The Sandy Ocean Shoreline Non-Adult Male Humans The Letter of the English Version of the Latin Alphabet Between Tee and Vee and the Whole Number Between One and Three Hootie & the Species of the Tetraodontidae Family, Tetraodontiformes Order, Actinopterygii Class of Vertebrate Animals The David John Matthews But You Can Call Me "Dave" Matthews Band	[#excessivepop]
Judge Rindhold Jennifer Peels Mary Mangosteenburgen Rhubarb McClanahan Jennifer Jason Lychee Busta Limes Richard Persimmons The Almond Brothers Chaka Pecan Rob Loquat Jason Mraspberry Pomegranate Jackson	[#fruityfamouspeople]

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March 2010
Why Does It Hurt So Baddams Girl You Know It's Trudeau It's Groening Men Bridge Over Troubled Watterson Walking on Larsonshine	[#cartoonistsongs]
-Holy cow, Batman; it's Vaccimulgence! -Robin, how long are you going to keep milking that pattern?	[vaccimulgence (=cow milking)]
The new dairy worker's first day of vaccimulgence was udder chaos.	[vaccimulgence (=cow milking)]
You're the Bundt That I Want Icing the Body Electric	[#bakerysongs]
Peregrinate loquacious-ly: walkie-talkie	[loquacious (=talkative)]
-Holy Chatroulette, Batman; it's Loquacious. -Don't worry, Robin; he's all talk. ...What are you doing on Chatroulette?	[loquacious (=talkative)]
René Jell-Oberjonois Pumpernickelas Cage Summer Squash Glau Nathan Fillonion	[#actorfoods]
BruneIBM Hitachile Ubuntuvalu Kraftganistan Microsoftnesia San Marinokia Intel Salvador fINTELand ("Intel Inside") A&Wkraine Kentucky Fried Chickenya The United Kingdomino's Pizza	[#sponsoredcountries]
-Hey, is Jack here? -No, he's idiosyncratic. -Huh? -(exasperated sigh) "Odd man out"?!	[idiosyncratic]
-I'm so idiosyncratic I speak in my own idiolect. -Everyone has a unique idiolect. -Yes, but I need someone to translate my words to me.	[idiosyncratic]
I want to follow the rules of haiku, but I'm idiosyncrat ic	[idiosyncratic]
Idiosyncratic penchant: chanting at pens until they become Cross.	[idiosyncratic]
Tom Scythemore Gladius Knight Cassius Claymore Lee Van Cleaver Shillelagh Majors Omar Épées Crossbow Jackson Artillery Garfunkel Kenny rpG TrebuCher Larry Halberd Shuriken Burns	[#weaponizedcelebs]
Precocious to bed, precocious to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise enough to distinguish different senses of "early."	[precocious]
28 Days Tater Bram Stoker's Spatula The Grills Have Eyes	[#kitchenhorrorfilms]
Disheveled defender: Rumpled of the Bailey Disheveled dwarf: Rumpled Stiltskin	[disheveled]
Cammy changed her looks Percy speaks frivolously life at the Flage house	[persiflage (=frivilous talk)]
When a Mantis Loves a Woman Rockin' in the Flea World by Neil Dung Beetle I Only Have Compound Eyes for You by the Flea-mingos (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Cockroach	[#insectsongs]
I thought I'd get an easy science class with ELEMENTARY Particle Physics. What a misnomer!	[misnomer]
Gangrene Day Depraved Matthews Band	[#imaginarybands]
The Silence of the Jams The Amityville Sporran Poltertights Housecoat of Usher An American Underwear-Wolf in London The Herringbone Collector Children of the Horn-rimmed Glasses Snakes on a Hanes Sweeney Jodhpurs The Hills Have Izods	[#scaryclothingmovies]
A History of Violets No Scrunchie for Old Men	[#moviesidontwanttosee]
Predominant penchant: America's Most Wonted	[penchant]
Hake, Rattail & Sole by Big Joe Turbot Rock You Like a Sturgeon Seine by the Scorpionfish Since You're Spawn by the CarPs Born to Grunion by Bruce Springfish (I Can't Get No) Spanish Mack'rel by the Rolling Stonefish I Heard It Through the Great White by Marlin Gaye Smells Like Teen Spearfish by Nurse Shark-vana Get Up, Sand Dab by Bob Marlin I Wanna Be Sea Daces by the Remora-ones I Love Rock Cod 'n' Rolls by Joan Nett & the Blackfish	[#fishsongs]
The Long and Winding Roquefort, Pepperjack Writer, Ricotta Get You Into My Life, Eight-Queso Week, I Saw Her Camembert by the Brie-tles I'd Fondue Anything for Love (But I Won't Fondue That) by Meat Beaufort Girls Just Want to Have Muenster That's What Friends Are Formaggio Fly Me to the Muenster & I Left My Havarti in San Francisco by Tony Rennet Havarti All the Time by Edam "Eddie" Murphy	[#cheesepop]
Patrick Dempsey Thomas Howell [And born the same year!]	[#actormashups]
12-year-old Pedro wasn't expecting to speak with a Irish accent, but then one day his voice brogue.	[brogue]
The Uilleann Fields End of the Rain-Beau Geste Up in the Eire The Little People vs. Larry Flynt Brogue-back Mountain The Chronicles of Blarney-a The Amityville Begorra	[#irishfilms ]
Louis XVI, oh no Head's gonna roll Aye-yi-yi-yi by The King's-Dead Men	[#firstdraftlyrics]
50 Ways to Leave Your Louver Feng Shui You, Feng Shui Me by Lionel Rich-Mahoganie	[#decoratingsongs]
Dude, Where's My Cardigan?	[#welshfilmversions]
There once was a king with dungeon full Who thought prisoners were fungible He thinned out the clump With extreme-sport jumps Executed if unbungee-ble	[fungible (=easily substituted for each other)]
Fungible faculty: substitute teachers	[fungible (=easily substituted for each other)]
canker wombat	[#rejectedjellybellies]
She's Got a Haggis (A Spey-ke Dee Joint) Plaid Max Beyond Dundeedome Tartan Over, starring Burgh Reynolds Tartan Fink Tambo: Firth Blood Part II Silence of the Tams My Caber Totoro	[#scottishfilmversions]
Hobo-lerone	[#badcandy]
Mouse Party, starring Kitt 'n Play	[#moviesforcats]
Ring My Beluga A View to a Krill Maybaleen	[#whalesongs]
Maul-E Akeelah and the Beating	[#scarykidsfilms]
The Taupe of Greenwich Village Robinson Ecrusoe	[#beigefilms]
Plaguewatch, starring David Hasselhoff as Mitch Bubonicannon	[#medievaltv]
A sot's stupor is a toper's torpor is a lush's languor.	[languor]
Scarsdale-face	[#dietfilms]
Tweet about "parsimonious"? Cheap. Cheap. Cheap.	[parsimonious (=stingy, frugal)]
-My love for you is bottomless. -Well, my love for you is a pandiculation, a yawning abyss that stretches for miles. Take that as you will.	[pandiculation (=yawning and stretching)]
Raise Your Rolls Royce (starring Lady Hilary Duff of Harrishire on White Oak) Strip-settees Wild Wild Waistcoat [/Weskit]	[#poshfilms]
Crust in the Wind	[#bakerymishapsongs]
The Curious Casing of Benjamin Boudin	[#sausagefilms]
My neighbor is so zealous about trees that he created an ardoretum. My neighbor is so zealous about organic produce that she only buys passion fruit.	[zealous]
Pinkubus Jennifer Beelzebub John Occultrane Goblin Red-Grave Matt Demon	[#celebridemons]
While My Guitar Gently Steeps Orange Pekoe-Boo by Siouxsie and the Banteas Tea-lefone (Oolong Distance Love Affair) Karma Chamomile	[#teasongs]
To Live And Die in Filet The Texas Chain Sashimi Massacre	[#meatmovies]
I Geta Round	[#shoesongs]
Akeelah and the Beyoncé Serendipi-T-Pain Freddy Vs. Jason Mraz Hootie & the Blowfish Called Wanda The Wrath of Chaka Khan Dial REM for Murder	[#musicmoviemashup]
Azalea Two Cities Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydrangea Look Who's Talking Tulip The Pink Anther Ordinary Sepal	[#flowerfilms ]
Gesticulate chronically: sign of the times Gesticulate on the London Underground: mime the gap	[gesticulate]
Odious undershirt ad: "Look who we've got our Heinous on now" Odious manicure: rank and file Not ichthyoidal or odious: neither fish nor foul	[odious]
There once was a British owler Well-known for his usage howlers But this time showed book Made everyone look "See? Not odious but Fowler!"	[odious]
Mr. Beanie Cloche Encounters of the Third Kind The Miter Ducks A Raisin in the Stetson	[#hatfilms]
Bovine susurrus: cattle rustling	[susurrus (=a rustling sound)]
Coverboy The Rat Facsimile	[#tributeactsthatmustexist]
Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the globe to honor his brother Gary, who had died trying unsuccessfully to circumambulate it.	[circumambulate (=to walk around)]

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February 2010
Scintillating tirade: sparkling whine	[scintillating (= sparkling)]
Opulent cubed: loaded dice	[opulent (=rich, luxurious)]
There was an old woman named Kate Who sure loved to peregrinate She walked far and wide 'Til one day she died When asked "Can you parry grenades?"	[peregrinate (=to travel, especially on foot)]
Peregrinate undomesticatedly: take a walk on the wild side	[peregrinate (=to travel, especially on foot)]
Hyperbole: I won't tell you how fantastic this car is; just drink this chamomile tea. What, boss? But you said "hype herbally"! What? OH.	[hyperbole (=exaggeration)]
Matutinal hyperbole: morning stretch Two parabolas make a hyperbola, and too much palaver makes hyperbole.	[hyperbole (=exaggeration)]
Lugubrious: Mr. Peanut's funeral was lu-goober-ious, with many tears shed (salted, lightly salted, and unsalted, some may have contained wheat). Lugubrious pep squad: cheerless leaders	[lugubrious (=mournful, gloomy)]
Join in the limbo dance kerfuffle: Do the low-commotion with me! Cuteness kerfuffle: panda-monium	[kerfuffle (=a noisy commotion)]
-Holy halfwit, Batman. It's Hebetudinous! -Don't worry, Robin. I've got my batarang. -To hit him with? -No, it's shiny and will distract him.	[hebetudinous (=mentally dull/tired)]
Me Tarzan. You Jane. Me low English skills. But me not hebetudinous.	[hebetudinous (=mentally dull/tired)]
There once was a boy hebetudinous With dull-minded ways multitudinous I told him all this He thought it a diss And said I was "coppin' a 'tude-inous"	[hebetudinous (=mentally dull/tired)]
There once was a man named Nabov Who thought he was really suave In cologne he did drench He said he knew French Yet couldn't pronounce the word "mauve"	[suave (=charming [man])]
Suave surgeon: smooth operator	[suave (=charming [man])]
Porphyrophobia is nothing to wine about.	[porphyrophobia (=fear of purple)]
-Have you had porphyrophobia for many years? -Just a fuchsia. Aaaah!	[porphyrophobia (=fear of purple)]
Pusillanimous pining: craven cravin'	[pusillanimous (=cowardly)]
Rive unverified: without a shred of evidence Rive in repose: Rip Van Winkle Rive hat: demolition derby	[rive (=to rip violently)]
There once was a pirate named Clive Who to rend people's stuff would strive He also liked loot But rending's a hoot He'd wait for the time to ARR rive	[rive (=to rip violently)]
You gallivant online? E-gad!	[gallivant (=to roam for pleasure)]
-Holy Roamin' Empire, Batman! It's Gallivant. -Don't worry, Robin. He'll probably just wander off aimlessly.	[gallivant (=to roam for pleasure)]
There once was a man from Van Nuys A Latinate-word kinda guy Used "senescence" for failin' He's sesquipedalian For Halloween went incognito	[incognito (=in disguise, with hidden identity)]
Equivocate re-incognito: lie in repose The superhero Incognito Man was actually just too lazy to make a costume.	[incognito (=in disguise, with hidden identity)]
Frosty senescence sailor: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Hero of senescence: Superannuatedman Senescence is when matutinal creeps into crepuscular, making your joints hurt. Senescence Poltroon: Old Yeller	[senescence (=growing old)]
aches and pains slower brain wisdom gained Senescence	[senescence (=growing old)]
Sciolism and Nihilism walk into a bar. Sciolism wanted his drink watered down; Nihilism would have none of that.	[sciolism (=shallow knowledge)]
-Watson: How did you know Mr Sciolism did it? -Holmes: Elementary, my dear Watson. Meaning, I only got the rudiments.	[sciolism (=shallow knowledge)]
Every issue of Sciolism Magazine is a limited edition. Sciolism speechifier: tinhorn rambler On the side of sciolism: off the deep end Sciolism surplus: haphazardous waste Sciolism diatribe: cursory cursing	[sciolism (=shallow knowledge)]
Altruistic Aries: self-sacrificial lamb Altruistic produce: compassion fruit How is the Earth deeply altruistic? It's magma-nimous. Altruistic operation: open-heart surgery Altruistic anarchy: philanthropic disorganization	[altruistic (=unselfish)]
Placid poltroon: mellow yellow Poltroon burger joint: Wimpy's Horrifying Occidental Poltroon: Wes' Craven Poltroon equivocation: cowardly lyin'	[poltroon (=coward)]
Matutinal magpie marvel: early-bird special Matutinal accolade: morning glory	[matutinal (=related to early morning)]
Doppelganger groom: altar ego Doppelganger irritations: twin piques Doppelganger in a Ford Fusion: conjoined twin Diamond doppelganger: carbon copy Difficult doppelganger: hard copy	[doppelganger (=ghostly double, evil twin)]
My evil twin knocks things over and nails up paintings for the former "Nightline" host: a Koppel-topple-banger-hanger doppelganger.	[doppelganger (=ghostly double, evil twin)]

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January 2010
There once was a drunk who was pompous Believed himself to be best He only could move cattywampus Self-christened Bishop of Chess.	[cattywampus (=diagonal, in disarray)]
Avarice is wampum disregard for life's ineffable joys.	[avarice (= greed)]
Baseball festoon: bunting	[festoon (=a draping decoration)]
-And does your novel have a denouement? -It got everything: de-new-ment, de-old-ment, pop-ups, scratch-n-sniff…	[denouement (=a story's resolution after the climax)]
Denouement decoupage: when the ending feels pasted on Domestic denouement: the butler did it	[denouement (=a story's resolution after the climax)]
Magazine for schadenfreude enthusiasts: Misfortune Stellar schadenfreude: thanking their unlucky stars	[schadenfreude (=taking pleasure in others' misfortune)]
If youse happ'ly lis'nin' ta da stories'a victims'a assault 'n' theft 'n' fraud 'n' moida youse got a case'a schadenfreude	[schadenfreude (=taking pleasure in others' misfortune)]
Hippie harangue: tie-dyed tirade Tirade with righteous indignation after buying a bad used car: lemon harangue piety When someone stole her fancy Thanksgiving desserts, Martha Stewart launched into a high-grade pie raid tirade.	[tirade (=a rant)]
She was an apple blossom, a pretty efflorescence. Then their love came to fruition, and she was the apple of his eye. Fluorescent efflorescence: Bud Light The comical duo of efflorescence and resilience: Floral and Hardy Samurai were like cherry blossoms, with glorious efflorescence and quick death. Plus their skin was pale and supple.	[efflorescence (= blooming)]
He was quite a harbinger. Then he got into har-recovery.	[harbinger (=a foreteller)]
Me Tarzan. You Jane. Tarzan like Jane. Details ineffable.	[ineffable (=hard to put into words)]
Carrying on about isolation: schlep-eration anxiety.	[schlep (=to carry, lug)]
By refusing to stop funding the Kraft-branded, mallet-based arcade game, he was an implacable Snackables Whac-A-Mole backer.	[implacable (= adamant)]
I may not be the most important thing in the universe, but half of everything is a moiety and half of that is moi.	[moiety (= half)]
A tawdry cauldron is witch kitsch.	[kitsch (=gaudy artsy item)]
In Japanese onomatopoeia the sound of silence is "shiiiin." Kind of ruins that Simon and Garfunkel song.	[onomatopoeia (=a word representing a sound)]
As a bucolic alcoholic, the shepherd spurns urban bourbon.	[bucolic (=rustic, of the countryside)]
with the shepherd asleep on the lam went the sheep but bucolic frolic turned to pastoral disasteral	[bucolic (=rustic, of the countryside)]
If "festive" describes a festival, does "furtive" describe a furtival? wondered the percive Grail-knight.	[furtive (= stealthy)]

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December 2009
The toddler's incipient juice drinking from the special cup ended when her mother noticed an in-sippy ant.	[incipient (=starting to happen)]
Nonessential Naugahyde is a pleather plethora.	[plethora (=an overabundance)]

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