Well, most women might be a bit angry...
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 18:56 last edited by
Guy needs to keep better track of her schedule.
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 18:57 last edited by
Is this a misprint or an English word I do not know:
"A Florida stewardess flew into a fury after walking in on her husband with another woman, wiling the wife to attack her spouse and smash a guitar into a wall."
What is "wiling" or what word were they trying to use here?
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 18:58 last edited by jon-nyc
It's an unusual word but it's correct. It means to entice or induce.
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 19:19 last edited by Catseye3
That word -- or at least that meaning of it -- was new to me too, TG.
The "wiling" I know is like in "wiling away the time".
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 19:28 last edited by
I think this whole article is just an excuse to use the phrase "flight of fury"
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 19:34 last edited by
I don't think anyone was trying to wile her into doing that. Seems like for that word to apply there would have to be someone doing the wiling.
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 19:36 last edited by
As opposed to the whaling, which is what she did.
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 21:16 last edited by
@Catseye3 said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
As opposed to the whaling, which is what she did.
Only if her husband was seriously overweight.
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 21:17 last edited by
Now she's blubbering about being arrested.
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That word -- or at least that meaning of it -- was new to me too, TG.
The "wiling" I know is like in "wiling away the time".
wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 21:23 last edited by@Catseye3 said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
That word -- or at least that meaning of it -- was new to me too, TG.
The "wiling" I know is like in "wiling away the time".
Wouldn't that be "'Whiling' away the time?"
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 21:35 last edited by
@George-K said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
Wouldn't that be "'Whiling' away the time?"
You're right!
Grammarist: "The phrase meaning to pass time idly is while away. It is older and more logical than wile away. But because the second phrase occurs so frequently, it is now included in many dictionaries and is rarely considered incorrect.
But wile is mainly a noun—meaning (1) trickery, cunning; (2) a disarming or seductive manner; (3) or a trick intended to deceive—and it’s occasionally used as a verb meaning to influence by wile. None of these definitions has anything to do with idly passing time, so wile away doesn’t make logical sense. Again, however, it is now a conventionalized misspelling, and only the most persnickety readers will think it wrong."
Well, dang. I've been misusing it my whole life.
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 23:36 last edited by
Stick around kid, we'll larn you something.
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wrote on 31 Jul 2020, 23:39 last edited by
@Jolly said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
Stick around kid, we'll larn you something.
You already larned me about the NYT. Thanks a lot for nuttin'.
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@Catseye3 said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
As opposed to the whaling, which is what she did.
Only if her husband was seriously overweight.
wrote on 1 Aug 2020, 02:31 last edited by@Jolly said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
@Catseye3 said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
As opposed to the whaling, which is what she did.
Only if her husband was seriously overweight.
Nah he was a fitness instructor and bartender. He’d never meet chicks that way...
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That word -- or at least that meaning of it -- was new to me too, TG.
The "wiling" I know is like in "wiling away the time".
wrote on 1 Aug 2020, 02:32 last edited by@Catseye3 said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
That word -- or at least that meaning of it -- was new to me too, TG.
Same here. New word to me too, @taiwan_girl
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wrote on 1 Aug 2020, 02:33 last edited by
@xenon said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
I think this whole article is just an excuse to use the phrase "flight of fury"
Good catch! The author also enjoyed the word Tryst in the title.The author’s last name is Puhak. I wonder if she also likes tea.
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@Catseye3 said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
As opposed to the whaling, which is what she did.
Only if her husband was seriously overweight.
wrote on 1 Aug 2020, 02:34 last edited by@Jolly said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
@Catseye3 said in Well, most women might be a bit angry...:
As opposed to the whaling, which is what she did.
Only if her husband was seriously overweight.
Guess he’d be a sperm whale amirite
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wrote on 1 Aug 2020, 02:49 last edited by
There was a blonde stewardess who experienced the same thing. She ran into another room and got a pistol, ran back to the bedroom and put the gun to her head. Her husband told the woman in bed with him "see, I told you she was nuts". His blonde wife said "Shut up! You're next!!"
