Shashi tharoor has done it again. The master of English vocabulary has once again caught us off-guard with his scholarly choice of words. Apparently, a friend of his dared to do the unthinkable. He dared his friend Mr Tharoor to find a rhyming word to the word 'prurient'. True to his word, Tharoor found not one but 3 rhyming words to 'prurient'. 

A mischievous friend (to whom I was complaining about the voyeurism of our media) challenged me to find a rhyme for the word "prurient". So I did:

Our media is often prurient,
Around money some are esurient;
Many are visibly parturient,
When birthing their inner scripturient.

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 2, 2018

We have a couple of English literature graduates here and none of us knows the meaning of any of the 3 words, and we are not even ashamed. Safe to say, if you know the meaning of any of these words, consider yourself a master of English. 

If, like us, you are scratching your head wondering how these alphabets have formed to make a word in English and what they possibly mean, don't beat yourself too much. In all probability, you will never hear these words again in life, unless Mr Tharoor decides to use them again. One Twitter user, however, tried to explain the meaning though. 

In case anyone is wondering. pic.twitter.com/p2dzgUYAng

— Rahul Raj (Akhi) (@TheRahul_Raj) July 2, 2018

We'll break it down for ya:

1. Prurient is 'having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others.'

2. Esurient means 'hungry or greedy.'

3. Parturient refers to 'a woman or female mammal who is about to give birth, or is in labour.'

4. Scripturient is the name given to 'a strong urge to write.'

As Twitter collectively gaped at Tharoor being Tharoor, a user attempted to beat him at his own game: 

Your tweets cause empoisonnement, they make you eminent.
And now I'm confident, I must be acquiescent.
Your vocab is magniloquent, I'm happy being impercipient.

— Anjali Khurana (@AnjaliKhurana1) July 2, 2018

That was a pretty good attempt, we reckon. Can you do it? 

Comedian Sorabh Pant tried to 'expose' Tharoor but we believe Mr Tharoor knows more than the dictionary.  

https://t.co/drAdIN1Rg6? :). pic.twitter.com/8zSrvB3lNN

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) July 3, 2018

Can you come up with a better rhyme?