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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I ran across this one while looking for something else, but I didn’t really think it would turn out to have legs. Wrong again, boyo. “Begrundingly†gets 148 ugh – far outstripping most of the truly eggcornical finds we come up with these days. I’m having a little trouble explaining its popularity. [dg]>>[nd] doesn’t seem like a typical reshaping or typo. I wondered whether German begründung might be running some interference, but the typical meanings of that word – “reason/argument/establishment†– don’t generally work well in context. And *begruntingly – about which I might have made a reasonable begründung – turned out to be a googlenope. Ah, the sweet mystery of language. Examples:
As a result, I only begrundingly tip when absolutely necessary.
http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forums/o … -to-who-2/
Can you imagine, a kid asks a superstar for a autograph, says he wants to play football, the star begrundingly signs, and tells the kid not to play and it sucks…
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 … e-conduct/
We asked to be moved and they begrundingly gave us a different room.
http://www.bsacforum.co.uk/forums/archi … 17693.html
The defiant child just smirked and begrundingly climbed down to run ahead and climb on another freezer..
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lates … id=4338319
That strike enrages Toronto residents and leads to Premier McGuinty begrundingly accepting, at the demand of the Progressive Conservatives, that the TTC be made an essential service and as such remove their ability to strike.
http://alternatehistory.net/Discussion/ … =40&page=7
None of the money I spend eating out is begrundingly and on the whole I enjoy it. I usually eat out at least three times a week, and am paid to write about food as a journalist and do some paid reviewing.
http://www.tomatom.com/2007/02/banished … ttle-food/
Last edited by patschwieterman (2010-09-23 22:40:29)
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While ‘begrungingly’ and stuff like:
If you don’t enjoy doing voluntary work, if you begrunge every penny you give to charity…
I don’t begrunge someone to sell what ever they have for profit. But I think they need to be reasonable about it. ...
(meaning ‘soil’ ‘besmirch’?) do seem to out there in some quantity
On the plain in Spain where it mainly rains.
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Some punks have got a real chip on their shoulder.
how to dress punk
what type of punk are you? punk is not a fashion its a life. there is hardcore punk like the casualties, bad brains, ect. and there is grudge punk, oi punk, pop punk,
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Is it true that the 90’s grudge band Soundgarden is officially back together?
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