Sunday, September 15, 2024

RAFT: a pedant’s rant

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAFT

I can’t stand it when people say RAFT,

It annoys an old FAAAAAART like me

To not use this word accurately

Describing a wooden assemblage that floats,

And is not a boat

But is also used to mean 

An obscene metaphorical assemblage

Of bullshit political proposals. 

Then there’s ROBUST

An annoying adjective applied

To many a spurious RAFT of lies.

It no longer means strong, healthy or fit

I’m really unsure of the significance of it

When it’s frequently emitted

By politician pundits, scribblers and babblers

Who keep on saying ROBUST

It’s like a maggot crawling from under a pie crust.

It’s almost as bad as UPTICK

It makes me sick

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAFT


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