Sunday, May 10, 2009

Word of the Week (May 10 - 16): lawnya vawnya

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lawnya vawnya Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: lawnya vawnya* n also lawnya. Cp JOYCE 283 launa-vaula; DI...
Monday, May 4, 2009

Word of the Week, May 3-9: tangler

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tangler Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: tangler n Cp OED ~ (c1520); EDD 7 'thriftless, slatternly per...
Friday, May 1, 2009

Word of the Week: April 26 - April 30: cambriola

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cambriola Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: cambriola n also cambrioll . Short-lived name in the seventeenth c...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Word of the Week (April 19-25): gaff

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Word of the Week: April 19 - April 25 gaff Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: gaff n also gaft. Cp OED ~ sb1 1 ...
Sunday, April 12, 2009

Word of the Week: April 12 - April 18: daddle

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Word of the Week: April 12 - April 18 daddle Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: daddle n also dattle*. Cp...
Sunday, April 5, 2009

Word of the Week: April 5 - April 11 : Silver Thaw (aka glitter)

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silver thaw Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: silver thaw n OED silver sb 21 ~ thaw (Nfld: 1860-); DC Atla...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Word of the Week (March 28 - April 5): plim

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plim v Cp EDD ~ v2 'to swell out' esp s w cties. 1 To expand or swell from absorption of liquid. 1920 WALDO 160 A man who ate ha...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

Word of the Week (March 22-28): vamp

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Word of the Week: March 22 - 28 vamp Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: vamp n Cp OED ~ sb1 1 'part of hose...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

Word of the Week (March 15 - 21) sheila

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sheila n also sheelagh, sheiler. H HALPFRT 'Ireland, Sheila and Newfoundland,' in Ireland and Nfld (1977),147-72; W HONE Every-Day B...
Sunday, March 8, 2009

Word of the Week (March 8 - 14) curwibble

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Word of the Week March 8-14 curwibble Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English: curwibble n JOYCE 244 curwhibbles, etc...