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Games, activities and teaching ideas > Word of the Day (Redux 1)
Word of the Day (Redux 1)
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almaz
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Word of the Day (Redux 1)
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Frank has graciously passed the chalice to me. There �s going to be a slight change, however. I �ve noticed that our colleagues who �re not in or around the European time zone tend not to participate in the game as much (they �re usually sleeping or razzling it up at the local speakeasy - you know what teachers are like - when the game kicks off), so I plan to give the word now and repeat it in the morning, Spanish time.
Today �s word is houghmagandy. The best (wittiest, funniest, most surreal etc) definition gets to choose tomorrow �s Word of the Day but, remember, no lifts from the dictionary, online or otherwise.
Besta luck!
Alex
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20 Sep 2010
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Zora
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LOL... I actually DO know what the word means BUT since I like to make up words, I am going to act as if I didn �t since it �s sooo much more fun this way...
houghmagandy - is what the Scots might say instead of "Oh, my God..." (think of the word being said with a nice Scottish burr... )
i.e. : "Houghmagandy! Mum �s gonna whip us for trampling her flowers..."
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21 Sep 2010
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Isabelucha
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ahahah! This is really funny! I don �t know what houghmagandy is... but, i also like these kinds of games. ok, so,...........................
houghmagandy - is what people would say if they saw Gandhi (Mahatma) walking along their cities again. "Houghma...... Gandhi!!!! No way!" |
21 Sep 2010
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GIOVANNI
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hough = wow
ma = french for my
gandy = short for gander - a male goose
This is what a caveman would say when he sees a male goose that he is ready to club. |
21 Sep 2010
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ldthemagicman
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"Houghmagandy"
The word is of Irish origin. "Hough" rhymes with "rough" and "tough". The present-day spelling is "huff", meaning "to irritate, offend, annoy".
"Ma" is self-evidently the Gaelic Possessive Pronoun, "my", (see Crystal D, 2009, page 42).
"Gandy" was originally a Sanskrit word, describing a complicated family relationship, and the Celts readily adopted it. A machine translation of the Irish phrase, "ma gandy", gives us: "My father �s father, who, because of his bad back, was unable to have children".
"Houghmagandy" = "To annoy ones paternal grandfather with stupid remarks".
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21 Sep 2010
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David Lisgo
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It means that Mother is in a huff because father has been looking at other women.
hough: huff
ma: mother
gandy: gander, to look |
21 Sep 2010
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juliag
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Stop stealing my geese!
hough - in a huff (because you are stealing)
ma - my
gandy - gander - geese |
21 Sep 2010
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SueThom
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Alex, thanks for the change in time so I can play, too!
OK, according to Les, "hough rhymes with rough and tough"--like the Big Bad Wolf was going to hough and pough and blow the little pigs� houses in.* I can buy that.
So, let �s see, this was before the pigs started their home construction business, when BB Wolf was just a cub. He used to huff and puff (oops--I meant "hough and pough") and blow the geese �s feathers all over. The geese hated it, so whenever a farmer saw the cub heading towards his flock, he �d chase it off, yelling, "You �re not going to hough-ma-gandy again!"
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Pigs
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21 Sep 2010
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douglas
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Houghmagandy--isn �t he an actor (Hugh Magandy)? |
21 Sep 2010
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Apodo
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Yes - He �s a great actor! LOL
Hough (rhyming with �though �) is an old spelling of �hoe � .
Ma - mother
Gandy - a variant spelling of the old English surname Gandee (of Suffolk)
This is an ancient farm implement invented by John Gandee in 1427 so his mother could hoe her vegetable garden. |
21 Sep 2010
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