A Conversation for The h2g2 Word of the Day (Discontinued)
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Recumbentman Started conversation Apr 15, 2003
Excellent word! I've incorporated it into my chess poem F103872?thread=267273.
I find the listed definition of 'mimsy' strange -- this is one word we have from the horse's mouth -- Lewis Carroll invented it for the poem 'Jabberwocky' and explained it in 'Through the looking-glass' as an amalgam (portmanteau was his word) of 'miserable' and 'flimsy'. Nothing there about prim or proper.
Tessellate
Demon Drawer Posted Apr 17, 2003
Excellent Recumbentman may I use this poem in the from the archives section in next weeks Word of the Week. 
DD 
Tessellate
Recumbentman Posted Apr 17, 2003
Feel free DD!
I just came across Word of the Day a few days ago, and I gathered it was discontinued. Am I wrong?
Tessellate
Demon Drawer Posted Apr 17, 2003
It is discountinued but check on www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/thepost and you will see that I have only recently resurrected it as Word of the Week in the post.
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