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A limerick addressing the birther conspiracy theory

A chapter in the book A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities

Fake News, part 271

by CD Richards


I might be a crusty contrarian,

at least I'm not geoplanarian.

For I think most "birthers"

are likely flat-Earthers,

such lies are completely barbarian.




Today's word: geoplanarian (n.) someone who believes the Earth is flat.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

Thanks for reading.

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