at and t cellular: Word of the Day: Doggerel

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Thursday, January 18, 2024

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Doggerel

noun

1. Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm.

2. Verse or words that are badly written or expressed.

"I couldn't find a birthday card I liked, so I wrote a funny bit of doggerel on a blank card."

"I found my high school notebooks and was so embarrassed by the doggerel I used to write."

"The idea started out as doggerel, but we worked on it until it became our best song."

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English, mid-17th century

While anyone who is brave enough to share their poetry should be commended, many of us likely made a clumsy attempt at verse in our angsty teenage years. There's a word for such badly written poetry: "doggerel." This word can be traced back to the 1600s, but the etymology suggests it might be named after particular 13th-century men named "Doggerel" (assuming they were guilty of penning painful poetry). ...