Wordbirds, 73

AT LAST—We’ve now commenced our third—and final—journey through Webster’s 3rd. This time, I’m picking a word near the middle of each entry for each letter—a word that interests me for some reason or a word I’d not ever known before—and surrounding it with a frayed coat of doggerel.

Words that flew into my life from Webster’s 3rd

titfish noun

trepang [any of various holothurians or sea cucumbers, as Holothuria edulis,used as food in China] 

The titfish had a name that gave

Some jokers chances they could crave:

A name that had, for some of them,

A joke about a her and him.

Of course, some men enjoyed it more

Than women did (you know wherefore).

But men desisted— "Sexist play!"—

When all the titfish crept away.