Matt Windle poet's definitions

Slampion

/slampɪən/

1. a person or group that wins a poetry slam competition.

2. a sports person or team that achieves a Grand Slam victory.

"And the slampion of this years poetry slam is..."

"After another Grand Slam victory, they are surely the greatest slampions of all time!"

by Matt Windle poet March 5, 2021

Jabble

/ˈjab(ə)l/

talk rapidly and harshly about another person.

"He jabbled about his ex-girlfriend all night."

by Matt Windle poet February 26, 2021

Bookbat

/bʊkbat/

a person who dislikes reading books.

"I haven't read in years. I'm a real bookbat."

by Matt Windle poet March 3, 2021

Strab

/strab/

to open heavily taped packaging by puncturing and dragging (something sharp) through it.

"This Amazon parcel is so tightly sealed. Pass me the scissors, please, so that I can strab it open."

by Matt Windle poet March 13, 2021

Strainful

/streɪnfʊl,ˈstreɪnf(ə)l/

A sensation of discomfort - rather than pain - felt in the muscles when making a great effort.

"I didn't hurt myself in that yoga class but some of the positions were strainful"

by Matt Windle poet January 10, 2021

Pharry Magones

/ˈfari'ma'gəʊnz/

A portmanteau of the names Harry Maguire and Phil Jones. Used as a derogatory term for a person that is useless at football.

"That player can't even make a simple pass. He's a Pharry Magones, he is!"

by Matt Windle poet October 14, 2020

Ventence

/ˈvɛnt(ə)ns/

the overlapping of words within a sentence to form an expression with both the words that precede it and the words that follow.

"There is no chance of golden repairs from the land of the RISING SUN, SETS instead on the horizon of false hopes."

You can have a rising sun and a sunset. 'Land of the rising sunset' is a ventence.

Someone may be a sorry sight or a sight for sore eyes but a 'sorry sight for sore eyes' is a ventence.

by Matt Windle poet February 27, 2021