Etymologies
- Nonsense coinage by Lewis Carroll. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Mostly I think blogs have jousting jabberwockies wonkishly jabbering through the tulgey wood, and burbling as they come.”
“I glanced to my left and saw that the eerie shadow of the Jabberwock had retreated somewhat within the tulgey wood.”
“It may come whiffling through the tulgey wood after your ass.”
“And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wook, And burbled as it came!”
“I'm sure his verbal burble makes for gripping reading as he comes galumphing through the tulgey wood.”
“And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!”
“Congress will make its usual retreat into the tulgey wood.”
“The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And bur bled as it came! ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tulgey’.
-
Verecund, flivver, etc
Just some words I happen to enjoy. Some thread-worn, some not.
yegg, yob, verecund, amatory, fermata, threepenny, gruntled, flivver, gamboge, decolletage, ordure, nudnik and 173 more...
-
Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
-
drmalt1's list
Obscure poetic words
-
jabberwordie
elby-bone, nerble, chickenbutt, luff, ya-cha-cha-cha, yanno, prolly, embiggen, vittles, hoobedoo, thing-a-ma-jig, sticky bun and 77 more...
-
Poetrie: Jabberwocky
Thanks to uselessness for the idea of Poetrie.
Be sure to see also the word page Jabberwocky, which contains a spell-checked version of this poem, thanks to His Excellency oroboros. Ri...chortled, callay, callooh, frabjous, beamish, slain, thou, hast, galumphing, snicker-snack, burbled, tulgey and 20 more...
-
Jabberwordies
jabberwocky, brillig, slithy, toves, gyre, gimble, wabe, mimsy, borogoves, mome raths, outgrabe, jabberwock and 17 more...
-
Madeupical words that I love.
Are often defined on Urban Dictionary.
P.S. You may notice my love of Lewis Carrollarachibutyrophobia, brillig, slithy, gyre, gimble, mimsy, outgrabe, frumious, tove, uffish, burble, galumph and 28 more...
-
Jabberwocky
slithy, tove, brillig, gyre, grimble, mimsy, mome, outgrabe, borogoves, jabberwock, raths, jubjub and 16 more...
-
'Twas brillig and the slithey toves
Made-up words and otehr such nonsense, most notably from the works of Lewis Carrol, Edward Lear, Roald Dahl, and Dr. Seuss, and their adaptations.
brillig, slithy, tove, gyre, gimble, wabe, mimsy, borogrove, outgrabe, jabberwocky, jubjub, frumious and 38 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for tulgey.
tusseymountain Usually in reference to woods: thick, dense, and dark. Introduced by Lewis Carroll. May 15, 2009