Posted on 05/07/2013 5:06:19 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, May 7, 2013
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
spang [spang]
-adv
directly, exactly
[Spang is an Americanism of uncertain origin. It first entered English in the 1830s. ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XY4y3p8Xg
Three questions:
1. What is this song talking about? I mean the chorus, not the verses.
2. Do you know any other songs on the same topic?
3. Do you need more cowbell?
G’mornin’.
Hopefully, tomorrow’s hearings will pull Obama and Hillary spang into the middle of the Benghazi brouhaha.
And how are you? We finally got rain after about 10 days without any.
Achy, breaky. I’ve got pains where there are no reasons for pains. The whole leg aches. Should move around more.
Anybody who tells you that this operation is “easy” never had it, or is lying. My best hope is that it is like childbirth — the mind lets you forget after a few months.
odd.
maybe it’s just me, but this word sounds dirty to me.
Did video kill the radio star?
Yes, the band specializes in odd. Quirky little happy songs. They play with 2 strings on the bass and 3 on the guitar.
But do you get it?
It could have been the word Wayne and Garth used instead of “schwing!,” but it wasn’t.
No. No video available for this one.
Dr. Anthony Avery
Spang: ... The sound of a pig hitting the bottom of an elevator shaft.
no, you know me, i never do. what is IT?
Spang
Spang is like something wavy, spanghetti, spangled banner, to spang as punishment, or the sound of buttons coming off a cheap suit.
We’ll see if anyone else tries.
2. "Losing My Religion" by REM
3. Here ya go...
So one could spang sprang into action?
If you can’t answer 1, how can you answer 2?
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