More additions to the Pfaff Webster's Dictionary, as vocalized in our household:
Pawn•Ish noun and verb
1. Paint used to beautify one's toenails or fingernails.
2. The act of applying color to finger or toenails.
Example: Mom needed the kids to calm down, so she suggested they sit VERY still while she pawnished their toenails a lovely shade of pink.
Origin: Early Haley English
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| Pretty pink pawnish |
1. A round toy one twirls on one's hips
2. The act of twirling a hoop around and around one's body
Example: Shelby became quite good at hoowah hooping, much to her mother's amazement.
Origin: 21st Century Shelby English
1. Describing something that has been destroyed. Similar to ruined, only worse.
2. Breaking, mutilating, or destroying something of value, rendering it worthless
Example: Haley snuck into the kitchen while mom was enjoying a quiet bath and gruined her birthday cake.
Origin: Shelby English, usually said in a whiny voice. "Haley just GRUINED my _____!" (fill in the blank)
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| A gruined birthday cake |
Min•gos noun
Pink birds that tend to stand on one leg.
Example: Upon seeing the mingos at the zoo, the girls trying standing on one leg to imitate the funny birds.
Origin: Early Shelby and Haley English
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| Look at me! I'm a mingo! |
