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"Jabberwocky" word
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mimsy
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Mimsy may refer to: Mimsy, a word introduced by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky :* Mimsy Were the Borogoves , a science fiction short story whose title and plot reference the Carroll poem. ::* The Last Mimzy , a 2007 feature film based on the above-mentioned ...
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Etymology 1 a. (context nonce English) A nonce word in (w: Lewis Carroll)'s ''(w: Jabberwocky)'' combining the senses of "flimsy" and "miserable". Etymology 2 n. (context vulgar slang English) The vagina.
Usage examples of mimsy.
I was busy in a different part of the compound with Gonzo, Mimsy, Muffin, and Chump, but I glanced over occasionally to see what was going on.
Judy Vendelmans had an entourage too: Mimsy, Muffin, Claudius, Buster, and Kong.
I told him that God was not yet ready to receive Chicory and Buster and Mimsy, that they would have to be kept in storage cells for a long time until their true time came, and that was not good for them.
Dov was pleased to note that Mimsy and Courtney had dropped their feud in favor of gaping at him like a pair of beached halibut.
His memory gave him the words Twas briflig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
Not on a lovely day like today, when the borogoves were all mimsy and the mome raths were out-grabing all over the place.