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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

"'Bite your tongue'? Control that ire!..." Take a Bite: A Nonsense Glossary

"Bite your tongue"...? Control that ire!
"Bite your lip"...? Halt! Hold your fire!
"Bite your thumb"...? I quote the Bard.
"Bite the bullet"...? Do what's hard.

"Dog bites man"...? That's nugatory.
"Man bites dog"...? Now, that's a story.
"Dog bites God"...? That's an'gram glory.
"God bites dust"....? That's Fred's* furore.
     * Nietzsche

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Anagramaniacal Opening Lines

Lolita, light of my life...  ...might fail to yell "Foil!"...  ...or opt to yell "Epee!" -- she's just that unpredic...