Thursday, December 13, 2007
Quidnunc
I'm a quidnunc. It's a gossip. I try not to be, but I can't help myself. Now I know there's such a fabulous word for it, I may take it up professionally. "Oh, what do you do then?" Me? I'm a quidnunc, of course." Your meanings were wonderful as always. I had a good giggle reading through them after being too busy to come to the blog for a while. So thanks for being here, even when I wasn't! Elisenda was the clever winner on today's poll. Great work and beautiful name too!
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Quidnunc is an onomatoeic word for the sound of an arrow embedding itself into a target.
Robin skilfully fired his arrow which quidnuncked into the old oak tree.
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Oooops! I meant onomatopoeic
A quidnunc is one of those lucky people who are forever finding money in the street. My favourite man is a quidnunc and only last week found yet another tenner lying at his feet in a busy high street.
It's one of those people who borrow money from other people, and when asked to give it back say things like "Oh, lend me another quid now, and I'll give you the ten I owe you back on Saturday"
A quidnunc is someone who enjoys tinkering with electronic devices. You'll typically find a quidnunc slouched over a cluttered work bench fixing someone's computer for free.
A quidnunc is someone who disputes every statement he hears before even thinking for a moment about whether he agrees or not. It's a debilitating habit, quidnuncery.
This could be the official term for the poor souls who can never find particular items when they really need them. Often the search for the elusive object requires turning half the house upside down.
Recent research suggests that most cases of quidnuncitis can be effectively cured by avoiding the risky practice known as 'putting things in a safe place'.
A quidnunc is an undercover police officer assigned to catch pickpockets. It's a dead-end position, usually reserved for vice cops who got into the goods and are no longer much use on the job, but can't be let go due to union regulations.
A quidnunc is a nun who runs away with a priest, opting for marriage to a man rather than to God. Quidnuncs are rarely spoken of in the church, as they are quite shamed.
A quidnunc is a rich uncle. Everyone should have one (including me).
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
Quidnunc (noun, registered trademark of Nalgene):
An ingenious device that never really took off, the Quidnunc incorporates Nalgene's high quality Nunc brand plastic test tubes with a pen like clip, allowing the user to wear the (usu. money containing) tube like a pen in his/her breast pocket.
Also the ideal storage device for anxiety medication/ small electronic components/ list of allergies in case of emergency.
Quidnunc is latin for 'povety'. It literally means 'no quids' hence the slang of quids for pounds.
Lorenzo.
Quidnunc is latin for 'povety'. It literally means 'no quids' hence the slang of quids for pounds.
Lorenzo.
Stephanie the Cat, if your definition is true, then I'm a quidnunc!
A Quidnunc is really one of those old-style camp stretcher beds. The ones only the strongest person in the family could put together, and there was much gnashing of teeth and crying out in angst as the legs of the quidnunc refused to be put into their little holes. Then when it was finally put together and flipped upright the youngest member of the family tested its suitability as a trampoline.
Quidnunc. n. slang. English coinange that has lost all currency value.
"Rebecca fished through her pockets to pay for the crisps in the vending machine. All she found, however were a pair of haypennies, but they weren't with a quidnunc!"
Quidnunc is actually an off-shoot of Java da'hut. The Quidnunc is smaller and more orange in color. His launguate is similar to Java but is called Quidnunian. The Quidnunc is also different in that his main nutrition seems to come from the power of Jedi Knights making him a major threat and enemy to the star fleet.
Quidnunc is a person who prefers to do things his/her way. No matter how silly it looks. An example of quidnuncery is a man who refuses to stop to ask for directions.
A quidnunc (n.)is a scrooge, a miser who will neither spend nor lend money.
a quidnunc:
a quidnunc is a kid who has no sense in his or hers brain.
A quidnunc is a spur of the moment decision, usually to do something one would typically never do.
A quidnunc is a group of people who are constantly saying the same thing at the same time. The plural of quidnunc is quicnunci.
"We don't know," Rachel and her quidnunc of fans recited mechanically.
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