Word of the Day: Lollop

Lollop LOL-uhp \ , verb;

1. To move forward with a bounding, drooping motion.
2. To hang loosely; droop; dangle.

Connection to "lollygag?" A slower "gallop?"

(This word was found by BRITT on Dictionary.com)

Yeah, seems to be a mixture of loll and gallop. This reminds me of the word 'galumph', which is a slightly more physical word invented by Lewis Carrol, meaning 'to gallop triumphantly'. I use it all the time. You'd be surprised how many words were invented in the poem 'Jabberwocky' alone. I think the word 'chortle' came from there. Many of the words there don't make sense dictionarially, but make glorious sense nonsensically. Mmm...phonesthemes...

I purchased a lollypop and lolloped home to Lolland to lollygag like the lolmaking lollapaloosa I am.

The Old Grey Mare

The old mare would lollop back to the gate
As if to say to me I cannot wait
To return to my home after I comb
The pasture for grass and randomly roam

I remember when she was a filly
Galloping over the fields so hilly
Jumping over obstacles with such ease
In the late twilight of a summers breeze

But, now like her, the skies are very grey
She gets a bit slower everyday
I know it may sound so cliche' of me
To say she is not what she used to be