I've decided to request that a word be added to the National Spelling Bee Competition. It is a word that became near and dear to me last night. The word:
Irk.
Where is the word's etymology?
Middle English
What is the definition?
Transitive Verb: to make weary, to irritate.
Are there any alternate pronunciations?
No.
Can you use it in a sentence?
At the grocery store last night, the woman in front of me, using the U-Scan and talking on her phone while horribly attempting to scan and bag her groceries like the one-armed man from The Fugitive, really irked me.
Irk. I - R - K. Irk
*long pause*
That is correct.
It may not eliminate any contestant, but I think we all see why it'd be a good word to have televised.
-mike
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2 comments:
Hey, now. That one-armed man was surprisingly adept.
True. Amazing what he could do. I always thought murder and mayhem required two arms.
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