This week's theme: Whose what? (animal edition) donkey's years (DONG-keez yeerz) noun
A very long time. [Probably from the punning reference to a donkey's long ears.] Here's a BBC story about a 60-year-old donkey: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3184279.stm Lively Laddie died a couple of years ago. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Roshni: Do you believe in the institution of marriage? Aman: Of course. I strongly believe in the same. I come from a background where everyone's been married for donkey's years." Roshni K. Olivera; Aman Verma Naughty But Nice; The Times of India (New Delhi); Jul 25, 2007; A few messages from our sponsors: See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q Why do we say the things we do? Try Orijinz, the brand new hilarious word and phrase card game. A great gift! Only $14.95. http://entspire.com ............................................................................ Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/donkeys_years.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/donkeys_years.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/donkeys_years.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
