Just spotted this on FB -
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. Particularly appropriate for this forum, I thought, were:
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
And I rather liked :
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
I was flabbergasted before I started 5:2 and I've very nearly abdicated now. And as for esplanading ....
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. Particularly appropriate for this forum, I thought, were:
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
And I rather liked :
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
I was flabbergasted before I started 5:2 and I've very nearly abdicated now. And as for esplanading ....
