There was an Old Person of Bangor*,
Whose face was distorted with anger;
He tore off his boots,
And subsisted on roots,
That borascible** person of Bangor.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 84
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*Bangor, noun: a city on the north coast of Wales, along the Atlantic Ocean.
**borascible, adjective: a nonsense word created by Edward Lear, having no definition, but bearing some similarity to the word ‘irascible’ meaning ‘easily angered.’
Whose face was distorted with anger;
He tore off his boots,
And subsisted on roots,
That borascible** person of Bangor.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 84
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the next article, or click or tap on these words to read Anger And Rage Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
*Bangor, noun: a city on the north coast of Wales, along the Atlantic Ocean.
**borascible, adjective: a nonsense word created by Edward Lear, having no definition, but bearing some similarity to the word ‘irascible’ meaning ‘easily angered.’
