SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: PUNGLE
PRONUNCIATION:
(PUNG-uhl)
MEANING:
(verb) tr.: To make a
payment; to shell out.
ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration
of Spanish póngale (put it down), from poner (to put), from Latin ponere (to
put). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away) that is also
the source of after, off, awkward, post, puny, apposite, apropos, and dispositive. Earliest documented use: 1851.
USAGE:
“Congress pungled up $700 billion for a
bailout."
Steve Rubenstein; 2008 in Review; San Francisco Chronicle; Dec 30, 2008.”
Steve Rubenstein; 2008 in Review; San Francisco Chronicle; Dec 30, 2008.”
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