Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

[Whitacre D_WI]

Poll question: Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

[southpaw]

1. Frumious Bandersnatch Rocks!!!

[Fovea]

2. all mimsy were the boroughgroves

and the mumraths outgrabe.

Sorry, did not see your text...
Mine was from memory, yours is bettre.

[Richardo]

3. Oh frabjous poll!

My favorite poem. :thumbsup: Thanx, whitacre!

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. jabberwocky in 27 other languages!

http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~jessica/Jabberwock/

[Mass_Liberal]

5. That is literally the best poem ever

favorite words: uffish, fruminous, frabjous, bandersnatch, galumphing, tulgey, gyre, gimble, wabe, borogoves, slithy


Caloo!Callay!!

[justinpower]

6. What is that called

the term for combining words to create a new one? like gallumphing is galloping triumphantly and slithy is lithe and slimy. How do some of the others break down?

[Snow]

7. Hehe. Combining words to make a new one is called German.

[bobbieinok]

15. 'Juchhe'

...

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. portmanteau words

the other one I know is chortle = chuckle + snort.

[Fovea]

16. Remember Stagflation?

That is one of my favorites.

[MisterP]

17. it's a portmanteau!

[Bridget Burke]

8. Every time I hear Strider say "It's a Morgul blade"

I'm reminded of the Vorpal sword....

[peekaloo]

9. I will never forget Desi Arnaz Sr. reciting this on an early SNL.

damn funny!

[Qutzupalotl]

10. Imagine what it would be like

in free verse.

[Deb]

12. One of my favorites

I love that slithy... Nice to know someone understands my avatar.

[OneBlueSky]

13. sounds an awful lot like Republican foreign policy to me . . . n/t

.

[mac56]

14. "Oh, frabjous day! Calloo! Callay!"

I've been known to exhort this around the house.