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nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained byHumpty Dumpty as "four o'clock in the afternoon — the time when you beginbroiling things for dinner."
Etymologies
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Examples
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Google seems completely unaware that this might have something to do with the famous Samuel Goldwyn saying instead of wiring money to the brillig blogger.
Moon Locker The Brillig Blogger 2009
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Google seems completely unaware that this might have something to do with the famous Samuel Goldwyn saying instead of wiring money to the brillig blogger.
Archive 2009-07-01 The Brillig Blogger 2009
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I see no need why I need to get Department of the Treasury numbers from brillig.com when I can get Department of the Treasury numbers directly from the Department of the Treasury.
The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Official: Kinder, Gentler Military Commissions: 2009
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National Debt Clock (www. brillig.com/debt_clock).
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Here's a simple recipe: 1. Pick a sentence you like e.g., "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe."
Archive 2009-01-01 josh 2009
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“Twas brillig, and the slivy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe…”
Blagojevich, the Iambic Anglophile - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Here's a simple recipe: 1. Pick a sentence you like e.g., "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe."
What is the Longest Sentence in English? josh 2009
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But the translation is real gibberish: "twa? brillig and Rthe SlIthy Turks ..."
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I had written the first line from "Jabberwocky": "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves ..."
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"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves" the first line of Jabberwocky.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
she commented on the word brillig
"You seem very clever at explaining words, Sir," said Alice. "Would you kindly tell me the meaning of the poem called Jabberwocky?"
"Let's hear it," said Humpty Dumpty. "I can explain all the poems that were ever invented—and a good many that haven't been invented just yet."
This sounded very hopeful, so Alice repeated the first verse.
"That's enough to begin with," Humpty Dumpty interrupted: "there are plenty of hard words there. Brillig means four o'clock in the afternoon—the time when you begin broiling things for dinner."
"That'll do very well," said Alice: and slithy?"
July 18, 2008