iambic

See iamb and iambic pentameter.

A lot of English poetry is iambic, meaning that it alternates stressed and unstressed symbols.

by Higgins2 August 30, 2006

iamb

In poetry, a Metrical Foot that has an unstressed (short) syllable followed by a long (stressed) syllable.

An iamb, when diagrammed, looks somewhat like this: ^ '

Iambic Pentameter is an iambic verse used by Shakespeare, his colleagues and imitators, and by countless romantic poets throughout the ages.

A Poem about Poetry in Iambic Tetrameter

The Iamb! the Trochee! can't you see
they're different kinds of poetry
Oh no, you say, they're types of verse.
So I was cursed until the end
Oh, God! Oh, Friend, can you help me
Release myself from agony?

by aleclair January 24, 2006

iGarbage

1. The big amount of paper and plastic wrapping, useless manuals in all languages and other unnecessary things, that come with your new Apple product and end up in the trash as soon as the warranty ends

2. A pejorative for any Apple product

For example:

1. My new iPad came with quite a lot of iGarbage.

2. He just bought some new iGarbage, so he thinks he is the boss now.

by it7895 July 22, 2012

igab

It stands for “I giggled a bit”. Can be used in replace of lol. More heartfelt.

“HAHAH IGAB THAT TIKTOK WAS SO FUNNY” “I just gabbed so hard”

by little ice creamsandwich woman July 9, 2023

iambic pentameter

A type of poetry in which each line consists of five iambs.

Shakespearian sonnets are all in iambic penameter.

by Siphos August 4, 2004

IGALBOC

Texting slang for "I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts".

"There's a fruit sale down at the market!"

"NoTY, IGALBOC!"

by DoubleOhCranberry March 27, 2009

Iambic Bantameter

Any series of remarks, or a single remark, of a high banter level; usually something witty, pretentious, urbane or academic in nature is best defined by Iambic Bantameter, a rhythm of speech best found in the casts of student productions of Shakespeare.

My life is written in Iambic Bantameter.

by abohemianisyou February 22, 2011