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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-838/
- Published: 2022-05-16T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-17T17:51:28.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

limerick (noun):

: a light or humorous verse form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet with a rhyme scheme of *aabba*

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : A limerick is a short, humorous five-line poem. While the origin of this type of verse is unknown, some believe that the name limerick comes from the chorus of an 18th-century Irish soldiers’ song “Will You Come Up to Limerick?” to which were added impromptu verses. The Limerick referenced in this chorus is a port city in southwestern Ireland.

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