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Dwine is my word of the day

Did you know that dwine is a verb closely related to dwindle? It means to pine, or waste away.

Dwine is totally going into my next book. I can't wait to see my editor's reaction.

9 comments:

  1. Vicky Alvear ShecterMarch 3, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    You must report her response!

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  2. Sarah WMarch 3, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    As in, "I must dine before I dwine?" :)

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  3. RWMGMarch 3, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    A very young author used 'dwine'
    Which his editor changed into 'pine'.
    The editor said, "Gary,
    Readers won't tarry
    If they don't know the words on page nine."

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  4. Amalia DillinMarch 3, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    Ha! that is an awesome word! How did it ever fall out of use?!

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  5. BotanistMarch 3, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Wonderful word! How about seeing how many times you can work it into everyday conversation over the next week?

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  6. Gary CorbyMarch 3, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Amalia, it didn't fall out of use. It dwined.

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  7. Stephanie ThorntonMarch 3, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Ohhh... That's a great word! I wonder if I can work that into my classroom tomorrow- the energy for work has definitely dwined (I'm guessing that's correct for past tense) as tomorrow is the last school day before Spring Break.

    Yay!

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  8. dolorahMarch 3, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    A very interesting word. I'll have to use it sometime tomorrow.

    .......dhole

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  9. Golden EagleMarch 4, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    That's an interesting word!

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