Today's Contest

There's a word with "C-L" that is titterous,And it's making the Empress all jitterous.To be perfectly clear,Here's the thing that we fear:With unprintable entries you'll litter us.
It's time for our annual visit to the indefatigable Chris J. Strolin and his Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form. When we last checked in (52 weeks ago) with Chris J. and his minions of online OEDILFers all working toward the goal of writing limericks for every word in the English language, they had posted more than 30,000 and were then up to words beginning with ca-. Now Chris J. reports that the site has passed the 42,000 mark and still is navigating the high C's. This week: Supply a humorous limerick based on any word in the dictionary beginning with cl- through co-. The limerick can define the word (as most of the OEDILF limericks do) or simply make its meaning clear (maybe even without saying it), as in the example above, which was penned by the onetime Czar of The Style Invitational with the warning "If you conclude it is not genius, I resign from life." (He lives, after a bit of imperial editing for meter in Line 1.)
For the Empress's guidelines on limerician rhyme and meter, see the link at http://www.oedilf.com. Her standards are stricter than some people's, looser than others. Once we run the results on Sept. 8, you may submit your entries (getting ink here or not) to the Oedilfers as well.
Winner gets the Inker, the official Style Invitational trophy. First runner-up gets two excellent volumes: a colorful 2006 year-in-review in Swedish, and the Candace Bushnell novel "Blondynki," often known as "Blondes" when not translated into Polish.
Honorable Mentions (or whatever they're called that week) get one of the lusted-after Style Invitational Magnets. One prize per entrant per week. Send your entries by e-mail to losers@washpost.com or by fax to 202-334-4312. Deadline is Monday, Aug. 20. Put "Week 726" in the subject line of your e-mail, or it risks being ignored as spam. Include your name, postal address and phone number with your entry. Contests are judged on the basis of humor and originality. All entries become the property of The Washington Post. Entries may be edited for taste or content. Results will be published Sept. 8. No purchase required for entry. Employees of The Washington Post, and their immediate relatives, are not eligible for prizes. Pseudonymous entries will be disqualified. The revised title for next week's contest is by Tom Witte of Montgomery Village. This week's Honorable Mentions name is by Jon Reiser of Hilton, N.Y.