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Whack fol the dah (non-lexical vocalsinging called "lilting"; see Scat singing and mouth music. It is also punned upon repeatedly by James Joyce as Whack 'fol the Danaan'.) trotters (feet) [10] full ; mavourneen (my darling) [11] hould your gob [12] belt in the gob (punch in the mouth) Shillelagh law (a brawl) ruction (a fight) [13]
Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road And all the way to Dublin, whack-fol-la-de-da In the merry month of June, when first from home I started, And left the girls alone, sad and broken-hearted. Shook hands with father dear, kissed my darling mother, Drank a pint of beer, my tears and grief to smother;
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To me whack fol the diddle di do, to me whack fol the diddle day. though one version, collected in Virginia from Asa Martin and titled "Lightning and Thunder", ends with the birth of a baby: The knife it was got and the britches cut asunder [sung three times] And then they went at it like lightnin' and thunder. Sing fol-de-rol-day.
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A daffynition (a portmanteau blend of daffy and definition) is a form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word (or group of words). Presented in the form of dictionary definitions, they are similar to transpositional puns, but often much less complex and easier to create.
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A Googlewhack must consist of two words found in a dictionary and was only considered legitimate if both of the search terms appear in the result. Published googlewhacks were short-lived since when published to a website, the new number of hits would become at least two: one to the original hit found, and one to the publishing site, unless a ...