A Mini-Play: Burp

3-Act Play in 12 Lines

Jill: “Speaking of words, my favorite are onomatopoeic.”

Jack: “Mind your grammar, pal. It’s ‘my favorite is,’ not 'my favorite are.'”

Jill: “It is is, if it’s a class of words.”

Jack: “My apologies. I assumed you meant a comfy mattress.”

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Jill: “It sounds like that, but it means ‘words that sound like their meaning,' like ‘burp.’”

Jack: “The word that means ‘words that sound like their meaning,’ doesn’t sound like it?”

Jill: “You got it, Jack.”

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Jack: “I like words that sound like the opposite of what they mean.”

Jill: “For example?”

Jack: “Languishing. It means ‘forced to exist in an unpleasant situation.’ It sounds like ‘sunbathing poolside, sipping margaritas.”

Jill: “Stretched out on a comfy onomatopoeic chaise lounge?”

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