Word for the Day, Friday, January 27, 2006

January 27, 2006 | Argh

[Argh]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of four "Words for the Day".

1. whinge [pronounced (h)winj, verb, from Old High German winson, to moan]
to whine or whimper

2. Half-baked Friday word: wingding [noun, origin unknown according to Webster’s]
a. slang: a nervous seizure or attack induced by narcotics
b. a pretended fainting fit or illness
c. a fit of rage: tantrum
d. a spree
e. a wild or lively or lavish party
f. slang: a social affair or gathering (Years ago, one might have referred to a series of proms and wingdings one’s frat was giving)

3. winze [pronounced winz, noun, from Old high German wunsken, wish ]
a curse

4. scovy [pronounced SKOE-vee, adjective, probably Scandinavian in origin, from skafa, to scrape ]
blotchy, smeared

Example sentence:
Another time.

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using one or more of the Words for the Day in one or more sentences.
The sentences must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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Good Morning, Class. Welcome to School!

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid

No pushing at the door please!

[Argh]

Some common, some less so.

[Argh]

Shall we try two ping lists today? Let's shall.

[Argh]

I ping, you ping, he pings...

[xsmommy]

morning, arghy!

[camle]

I see Oprah has been whinging since the Pajama Patrol's latest coup...

[Robert A Cook PE]

Next time the demo's spend endless hours on TV complaining about some off-the-wall-exaggerated-repubbie-scandal, is it going to be called a Whinegate?

[Robert A Cook PE]

I pong, you pong, he pongs...

[xsmommy]

nosotros pongamos

[NicknamedBob]

Good Morning!

Rats like Teddy like to whine and whinge,
While others simply smile and cringe,
They know their fate,
To be out the gate,
But at least I can now rhyme with orange.

[martin_fierro]

A Kenyan whose life was roughshod
did issue a winze against God;
Did her bang on a pot
result in a Zot?
It makes for a story most odd.

T O P T E N

[martin_fierro]

And the Pluperfect of that would be...?

[Fierce Allegiance]

Good morning! top 12?

[MortMan]

Dingy Harry winges,
With his tallow colored tinges,
When his scovy, drunken mate,
From yon homo-marriage state,
Throws a wingding to rock the door hinges.

Kinda sad effort on my part this morning, IMO.

[NeoCaveman]

Before I get back to work, here's my homework. Then I got to run. Today we have a veritable twofer. One od these storys from right in my back yard.

Who want's to die, Elmo whinged.

And here's a bad teacher who doesn't appear scovy. Pic included in thread. You're welcome.

[theDentist]

I thought wingdings were a syle of buffalo wings....?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Elmer Fudd wuvs wingdings.

[secret garden]

Hi Argh!
My dear Predators are whinging today as their record is now scovied, most likely because the Red Wings put a winze on them, so the Wild would unleash wingdings in last night's game. What a spanking. 5-1, backup goalie Mason gets the L.

[secret garden]

And I thought it was just a weird font of gibberish.

[theDentist]

yes, and that gibberish spells "Chicken wings".

[secret garden]

Being the scary dentist, you can understand garbled language easily.