heard a funny line

ticklemevaughn · November 7, 2002, 11:04am

my friend was shreddin around in the street when a totally hot blonde chick rolls up and says “i’ve always wanted to ride a unicycle rider”.

phil · November 7, 2002, 11:31am

My last comment was from a grumpy old man, who just whinged at me.

Where am I going wrong?

Phil, just me

yoopers · November 7, 2002, 11:40am

Forgive me…whinged? Lack of understanding could be caused by the missing Marmite in my system.

Bruce

JJuggle · November 7, 2002, 11:47am

Main Entry: whinge
Pronunciation: 'hwinj, 'winj
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): whinged; whing·ing or whinge·ing
Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English, from Old English hwinsian; akin to Old High German winsOn to moan
Date: 12th century
British : to complain fretfully : WHINE

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

yoopers · November 7, 2002, 11:51am

Raphael,

It’s good to have you on our team! The word doesn’t appear in my Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary.

Bruce

U-Turn · November 7, 2002, 2:01pm

Attributions, please.

JJuggle · November 7, 2002, 2:19pm

I know that many people are extremely contemptuous of AOL, but this came from the Merriam Webster’s online edition available through AOL. I did not have to remove my butt from the chair or even risk throwing out my elderly back reaching over to the bookshelf.

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

JJuggle · November 7, 2002, 2:24pm

Sorry to beat this dead horse, but here’s the American Heritage Dictionary version available from Yahoo:

whinge
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: hwnj, wnj KEY
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: whinged, whing·ing, whing·es
Chiefly British To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
ETYMOLOGY: Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian.
OTHER FORMS: whinger —NOUN
whinging·ly —ADVERB

Pretty much the same and once again, my lower half was virtually motion free.

Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ

system · November 7, 2002, 6:08pm

Re: heard a funny line

At first I thought he was trying to say winked, that was pretty hillarious!

Dylan

nikkifrog · November 7, 2002, 6:12pm

I thought he meant winked, too.

GILD · November 7, 2002, 10:50pm

>my lower half was virtually motion free.

can we keep this on-topic please?

phil · November 8, 2002, 1:31am

Re: Re: heard a funny line

Aaargh!!!

Hmmm… I thought “to whinge” was extremely common. Evidently it may be a British thang…

Phil, just me

system · November 8, 2002, 2:28am

Re: heard a funny line

“phil” <phil.dsm8y@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote in message
news:phil.dsm8y@timelimit.unicyclist.com…
>
> Hmmm… I thought “to whinge” was extremely common. Evidently it may be
> a British thang…
>
> Phil, just me

Definitely British, as witnessed by the oft used Aussie term: “Whingeing
Pom”.

Naomi

GILD · November 8, 2002, 2:30am

>Definitely British, as witnessed by the oft used Aussie term: “Whingeing
Pom”.

oh yeah.

brittania used to rule the waves,

now she just waves the rules…

gluteous_maximus · November 8, 2002, 2:34am

I think you mean “waives”, no?

GILD · November 8, 2002, 2:42am

interesting point and i’ve had this discussion before
i like the picture of aforementioned whingeing pom running about waving a rule book at a bunch of people who really couldn’t care less trying to explain that he is actually in the right because of…

the other version merely indicates applied cheating and what’s the fun in ripping them about that?

Sofa · November 8, 2002, 5:35am

no, but bootie, hottie, treehugger, roadrage, noogie netiquette do!

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/ISOA_Websters020923.html

Now to go out and use all these new words!