Sheesh! This challenge is becoming quite the challenge indeed! The random words on Fridays have certainly been new to me in many cases – a good thing because I love learning new things. But come on Random Powers of the Literary Universe…really?!!! Could there be a more random word than this?!!!

Which brings me to today’s word, “ibidem”. In researching its use I found it to be quite controversial in its application. Rarely seen in full text, but most often abbreviated as ibid. or ib., there are strict constraints to its use, if it is even used at all!

This word is definitely one to be stored in that dark section of my brain…you know, The Vault of Useless Information! I doubt I will ever need to use it again, but for this challenge! If you dare, give it a go yourself! I promise to lavish you with accolades for your efforts!  And with that, here’s what I think about the word Ibidem!

Haiku Ibidem

Dodo of a word!
Ibidem is rarely used…
(ibid. stanza one)

kat ~ 4 September 2015

Note: The Friday word of the day Haiku Challenge takes its prompt from Dictionary.com. Haikus are three line poems with 5 syllables in lines 1 and 3 and 7 syllables in the middle.