Namely, 136

NAMELY

eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)

words based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­

136: zany: outrageously funny, ridiculous (from Zanni, a traditional clown who wears a mask with a long, downward curving beak in the Italian Commedia dell’arte; first known use, 1588)

The dude, I know, was zany, Yo,

But wasn’t all that brainy, so

I guess I told him where to go.

But as I said … oh, not too quick.

And so he bought a pogo stick

And bounced along till he was sick.

I guess I kind of pitied him—

A pogo stick! Just on a whim!

And so I hanged him from a limb.

A friend of mine just sang and sang

To all the cops. Arrest! And, bang!

In just one hour I will hang.

This is the antepenultimate doggerel in this series!