A limerick is a short, rhyming poem with five lines that have a certain pattern and they are usually funny.  This is an example of one:  There once was a girl named Sloane.  Who liked talking on the phone.  She'd get a call then another.  Told to get off by her mother.   Then it would ring again for no other but Sloane.  No one is sure where the word limerick came from but many think it originated in Limerick, Ireland.   Many famous writers, including William Shakepeare and Mark Twain have included limericks in their work.   Wonder Words:  Limerick-Five sentenced, funny poem that rhymes.  Origin-Where something begins.  Wit-Humor