poemetn.
/ˈpəʊᵻmᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpoʊ(ə)mət/ rare (chiefly depreciative).
A short poem; = poemlet n.
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1799 W. Taylor Let. 4 Jan. in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 244 A regular receptacle for those poemets..which aspire only to a summer's existence.
1871 H. B. Forman Our Living Poets 210 We have a great number of these ‘poemets’, bearing no traces whatever of the triviality of occasional verses.
1891 W. Whitman Good-bye my Fancy 6 There are too many of the following poemets about death.
2004 Magn. Poetry & Karma in misc.writing (Usenet newsgroup) 2 May The closest words made the poemet: breezing me spring.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1799- to get the sack
- to get the scent
- to get the score
- to get the scorn
- to get the screaming meemies
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- to get the silent treatment
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- to get the spike
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- to get the strength of
- to get the sun in one's eyes
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- to get the swap
- to get the waur
- to get the willies
- to get the wind up
- to get the wire