doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle
(noun) a comic verse of irregular measure; “he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
doggerel (not comparable)
(poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction. (Originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning.)
doggerel (countable and uncountable, plural doggerels)
(poetry) A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dog"ger*el, a. Etym: [OE. dogerel.]
Definition: Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer.
Dog"ger*el, n.
Definition: A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. Doggerel like that of Hudibras. Addison. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
