Definitions by Matt Windle poet

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!"

Slampion by Matt Windle poet March 5, 2021

THABTO 

/ˈθabtəʊ/

two heads are better than one (expressing the view that it's helpful to have the advice or opinion of a second person.

Person 1: "I'll help you to think of names for your new business if you want?"
Person 2: "Aw, will you really?"
Person 1: "Of course I will - THABTO!"

THABTO by Matt Windle poet March 4, 2021

Bookbat 

/bʊkbat/

a person who dislikes reading books.

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

Bookbat by Matt Windle poet March 3, 2021

Bibliodium 

/ˈbɪblɪəʊdɪəm/

is the general dislike or widespread hatred of reading books.

"They must have bibliodium because I can never persuade them to read a book."

Bibliodium by Matt Windle poet March 2, 2021

Greeps 

/ɡri ps/

a person's followers on the social media application Instagram.

"He told his greeps he was going to Anthony Joshua's next fight."

Greeps by Matt Windle poet March 2, 2021

Bookblind 

/bʊkblʌɪnd/

a person that chooses not to read.

I don't ever read for pleasure. I'm bookblind.

Bookblind by Matt Windle poet March 1, 2021

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.

Ventence by Matt Windle poet February 27, 2021