Posted by Maeve on Thursday, Feb 11, 2016
He was such an eager beaver
We had to use a cantilever
Off he soared
Oh, way up high
Luckily we had a wide receiver
Don't you love it when you stumble upon something so much fun you have to share it with everyone? That happened to me today. I was looking for the etymology of the word plummet, a lovely word if I don't say so myself, and I found the answer using the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.
Plummet comes from Middle English plomet, from Anglo-French plumet, plomet, from plum lead, lead weight. That was cool, I had used a plumb bob on an archeological dig many summers ago and always loved those two words together, but I digress. On the same page as the origin of the word plum was the heading Other Civil Engineering Terms. What a grand addition to a dictionary - other civil engineering terms. I immediately clicked on cantilever to see if I could get even more civil engineering terms, alas, they were all the same, but I did discover another wondrous option - Rhymes with. Come on, admit it you too have always wanted to know what rhymes with cantilever. I was so tickled with my new found knowledge, I made up a rhyme. It isn't very good, but what the heck, I got to use eager beaver, cantilever and wide receiver.
I hope this post makes you a true believer.
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Dengue Fever
Or a golden retriever.
Canadian beaver
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