This week's theme: porcine words to mark the Chinese new year. pigsney (PIGZ-nee) noun
1. A sweetheart. 2. An eye, especially a small one. [From Middle English piggesnye (pig's eye).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Piers lifted his head out of his nest again and asked, 'Was Ellis in a fight again? 'Hush, pigsney,' said Rose." Margaret Frazer; The Servant's Tale; Berkeley Publishing; 1993. This newsletter is made possible in part by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qv9&ad=aw Want to talk turkey and stick your neck out? Try Derivation, a fascinating game about word and phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com ............................................................................ Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. -Christopher Morley, writer (1890-1957) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/pigsney.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/pigsney.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/pigsney.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
