Language

Don't let the littleness in others bring out the littleness in you.

I put a bit of Woffle dust on it = If you are playing card or dice and you are looking forbit of luck say you,re put a little Woffle dust on it, theres no such thing and you don,t actually put any dust on your cards or dice, it's just slang for luck.

Archaic word

glib = a thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes

Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Cotta = in Pope's Moral Essays (Epistle 2). John Holles, fourth Earl of Clare, who married Margaret, daughter of Henry Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and was created Duke of Newcastle in 1694 and died 1711.

Difficult words

paragon - n. model of perfection; v.t. compare; regard as paragon.

Limerick

When an obstinate fellow from Fife Insisted on loving his wife, Denying obsessions And dreams and repressions, The Freudians feared for his life.

Knowledge

SoufflotFrench architect of the Pantheon of Paris (1713-1780).

Quote

Memory by Matthew Arnold - But each day brings its petty dust our soon-choked souls to fill, and we forget because we must, and not because we will.

Tongue twister

Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday.

Unusual word

thaumatography = description of natural wonders