Puna results

[Nicolas Ward]

On 12/12/06, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/11/06, Fran Poodry <fpoodry at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> [snip]
> > puna  n. obs.  The sin of failing to perform, or incorrectly performing,
> > passos (certain Lenten exercises, denigrated by the Second Lateran Council
> > [1139]); promulgated by St. Isidore of Pesulium (c.380-449/450)
> > -Hutch, 4 points
> > "Denigrated" and "promulgated" just don't sound right here, and "passos" is
> > inexplicably accusative (assuming it's Latin, which maybe it isn't, it would
> > mean "those who had suffered, masc. pl. acc.", which makes no sense, but
> > maybe it's one word plucked from a longer sentence, e.g., from a prayer....
> > No, I refuse to talk myself into believing this one.  Vade retro, Satanas!)
> > - Elliott
> > 1 point. -Linda
> > Your what hurts? -Nick
> > One point.  For being not true, but brilliant!  (If this is the actual
> > definition of some other word, you have to tell us.) -Eric
> > 2 points for voting for the correct definition
> > This one is also probably either from David or Elliott. -Jean-Joseph
> [snip]
>
> Thanks for the compliments, Eric and J-J!
>
> Nick, my what hurts??? *G*

Um... I guess "Your what hurts?" is my equivalent of "Huh?" or "Come
again?". As in, what you just said might as well have been a string of
nonsense yelled after bumping one's elbow on a doorframe, because that
was my level of understanding.

I think I got it from one of my high school friends, and I think he
brought it back from college.

--Nick

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