het·ero·nym
Noun: one of two
or more homographs [words that are spelled the same]
that differ in
pronunciation and meaning
(such as a bass voice and bass, a fish)
First Known Use:
circa 1889
66: sow
The sow was troubled where
she ate—
She saw the farmer—sharpened knife!
She worried now about her life:
Would she be on his dinner plate?
But, no, he had a field to sow—
He had no plans for pork that night.
He loved that sow—it wasn’t
right
To kill her for a meal, you know?
But, later, hungry, he reneged.
He caught the sow there while
she slept.
She’d been caught napping (so inept).
And so, that night, our farmer pigged.
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