True enough. Poets have a great deal of latitude and attitude.
They are free to invent phrases and have us adopt them eventually- and so, too, singers.
Remember Beyoncé's "bootilicious"......? I believe it may be in the dictionary now.
I don't have a dictionary at hand to check.
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I am wondering if I will ever need a Farooq, with all the poetic licenses available. Just wondering.
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