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Short, terse, unfriendly,
Yet sometimes quite emotive;
I am the Haiku. What Poetry Form Are You?

or

If they told you I'm mad, then they lied.
I'm odd, but it isn't compulsive.
I'm the triolet, bursting with pride;
If they told you I'm mad, then they lied.
No, it isn't obsessive. Now hide
All the spoons or I might get convulsive.
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minx (mingks) noun

A pert or flirtatious young woman.

[Of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle Dutch or Low German.]

cock-of-the-rock (plural cocks-of-the-rock)

noun

tropical S. American bird: a tropical South American bird, the males of which have bright orange or red plumage and crests that extend over the bill. Genus Rupicola.

[From the bird’s practice of nesting on rocks]

be·at·i·tude [ bee áttə td ] (plural be·at·i·tudes)

noun

1. heavenly happiness: the perfect happiness and inner peace supposed to be enjoyed by the soul in heaven

2. bliss: extreme happiness and serenity

[15th century. Directly or via French from the Latin stem beatitud- , from beatus “blessed.”]