Thursday, October 7, 2010

hythymb

(n) a poetic meter used in parseltongue poetry, sometimes used to denote beat of a parselmouth dance.

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  1. Oh, I've been using this word all wrong! I thought it referred to the way thumb-sucking children speak, e.g. "Janey, which one of your brothers hit you?"

    "Hythymb, Mother."

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  2. (n) A Houyhnhnm who is both extraordinarily smart and extraordinarily clumsy.

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