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Have fun with a new word each day. I'll choose a word. You make up a meaning.
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How to Play:
1. I choose an obscure dictionary word.
2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
Remember, children use this site too.
2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
Remember, children use this site too.
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- Word Imp
- I am a children's author who has had a handful of books published by trade publishers. They're in book shops and libraries. I've also had a sackful of books published by educational publishers. These are mainly found in schools. I love words and that's why I invented this blog site.
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7 comments:
A banting is any sudden (generally momentary) reversal of behavior.
An example would be a raucous party, where there is a relatively constant dull roar... and then there's a banting, when room goes suddenly silent, just for a few seconds.
Or Word Imp had been generating many definitions per day, except for the banting at Solifidian.
The synthetic material, rayon, is produced by spinning fiber from a cellulose solution. But first, an impurity, "perbant", is removed by boiling the cellulose until the perbant rises to the top, and is then skimmed off. This process is called "banting".
Banting is when you are pretending to me mad or annoyed at someone, but you aren't really mad or annoyed with them. For example, every now and then i have a banting episode at my husband about something he does that is annoying, knowing full well that he will never change. But just need to let off steam and "bant" about it for a while.
A banting is a "senior moment", where you forget what you're going to say, can't remember where your shoes are etc.
Melissa had a bit of a banting when she got home from the office and it was only the next morning that she was able to locate her car keys in the microwave oven.
the stuff inside pillows that is not very soft and smooshes down and never fluffs back up.
Banting - Noun
Course stuffing or padding used to fill-out fabric set design pieces in theater or movie production. Usually made of steel wool or heavy fiber glass.
When the grip and the best boy jokingly suggested to the costuming department that they fill out Gwyneth's blouse with banting, they did not know the starlet was right behind them. When they were promptly booted from the set by security, they wished the banting had been stuffed in their own trousers.
Leggings worn by 15th century courtiers.
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