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Wicked Wonderful Wordies

#WordPlay #wordies #SundaySillies

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around a square.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW/DM to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: football fail

@Ayior

I would hope others have agreed with my recommendation for a while and took action just recently.

@Ayior

Oh, no! I do not want that kind of power!

@AesAthena

Thank you for passing along this link. It was very useful. Maybe it will get me unstuck from doing some freehand work in Inkscape; one can always hope.

@iko

I do not know exactly
What you need right now,
But I am game to make a play
While your muse has gone away.

Once in a while
There's good scan and rhyme
But I've never charged, and not this time,
So this verse for you, too, is free.

#SmallPoems

#WordOfTheDay

botryoidal

/ˌbɒtrɪˈɔɪd(ə)l/
adjective
(chiefly of minerals)
having a shape reminiscent of a cluster of grapes.

Origin
Late 18th century: from Greek botruoeidēs (from botrus ‘bunch of grapes’) + -al.

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The geode cracked open to reveal a bunch of botryoidal agate crystals looking like a cluster of grapes. I'm guessing that might be the origin of the shooter marble known as the "aggie" (which early on was actually made from agate mineral).

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perspective

/pəˈspɛktɪv/
noun
1 mass noun The art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.

Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘optics’):

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WotD is skewed. Let's admit it. All the rest of you get to read an official definition, but then you read my sample and view the word from my perspective (especially in the illustration)!

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spiderling

/ˈspʌɪdəlɪŋ/
noun
A young spider.

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The problem was never resolved. The spiderling wanted to wear shorts, and his mom started to weave him some, but before she was finished, he molted and she had to start weaving all over again.

@verycarapesque

Hello. Early days at weirder.earth, it seems. Thanks for choosing to get my toots in your home timeline.

I look forward to the way your presence develops in the Fediverse.

@grainloom

"Wheel barrow" was once "wheel bearwe"".

@porsupah

What? We are finally going to get a use for all our AI in the cloud!

@dogtrax

We heard jets overhead as the game was about to start.

Did they get out your way on any of their loops?

chilly and sunny
hot and sweaty on the field
football in winter

#SundayHaiku
#CLMooc
#SmallPoems

#wordies #WordPlay

It looks like there are at least two different idiom/phrases that work with today's puzzle.

Remember to CW or DM all answers to let everyone have their own shot at a solution.

Now we'll really see what "Government Shutdown" really means.