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clerihew

cle·ri·hew

UK/ˈklɛɹɨˌhjuː/ US/ˈklɛɹɪ̈ˌhju/ uncommon

noun

1.

a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person

  • “The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right”

Origin

Named after English humourist and novelist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), who invented the rhyme.

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