Cataglottism means French kissing, a word built on a root connected with the tongue. A limerick by Beswan Bird puts it to work with a comic twist involving a beloved cat. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of ““Cataglossism,” an Archaic Word for French Kissing”
I have a limerick here about the word cataglottism.
Do you know this word, Grant?
Well, glott is something related to throat.
Tongue, yeah.
Tongue.
Yeah, it actually means French kissing.
Oh, okay.
Would you like to hear this?
Yeah, sure.
This is by somebody named Beswan Bird on the Omnificent English Dictionary and Limerick Forum site.
It goes, cataglottism, simply divine. When we kiss and our tongues intertwine. Though with you I’m obsessed, it’s my cat I love best. But do that to my cat, I decline.
These are so great.
You can find more of these.
Yeah, the best ones are funny.
So all of these limericks that we’re talking about on the show are at OEDLIF.com.
Yep, check them out.
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Thank you.
