Today's word: tanglefoot (n.) whisky.

For what it's worth, and not that it's anyone's concern, I am a very occasional drinker. For some reason, I like to write poems about drink, so some could easily draw the wrong conclusion. I think limiting the intake increases the enjoyment.

This poem is dedicated to the late, great Christopher Hitchens- a great modern philosopher, man of letters, newspaper and magazine columnist, public speaker and imbiber.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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