Monday, February 1, 2010

Vocabulary homework

Dr. Grumpy: "Okay, next word, what does 'buffeted' mean?"

Craig: "Um, to eat a lot? Like at the chinese place with all the food you want?"
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10 comments:

  1. Kimbra KaschFebruary 1, 2010 at 10:15 PM

    I'm guessing - without googling - I'd say blown at - like buffeted by the storm.

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  2. FlaviusFebruary 1, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    Doesn't it mean attending a Jimmy Buffet concert?

    -Flavius

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  3. ERPFebruary 1, 2010 at 10:45 PM

    Hmmmm. I wonder, perhaps buffet can also be a verb in French.

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  4. thegooddrlauraFebruary 1, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    Miriam Webster says:

    Main Entry: buffet
    Function: verb
    Date: 13th century
    transitive verb
    1 : to strike sharply especially with the hand : cuff
    2 : to strike repeatedly : batter
    3 : to drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows

    intransitive verb : to make one's way especially under difficult conditions

    I hate to admit this, but I had to look it up! I never use buffet as a verb, only as a delicious noun!

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  5. thegooddrlauraFebruary 1, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    How 'bout using it in a sentence?

    I buffeted my way in line at the buffet today at the Dragon's View restaurant.

    (Does that work?)

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  6. CQ, Medical BillerFebruary 2, 2010 at 1:01 AM

    Buffeted - to restore shine to "grizzly" stuffed animals. ;)

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  7. AnonyFebruary 2, 2010 at 6:14 AM

    In the old days, you'd buffet him about the ears for this answer.

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  8. The MotherFebruary 2, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    Oh, well. Literacy is overrated these days. The real question is, how are his coding skills?

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2010 at 9:32 AM

    How funny! I will never think of buffeted only in the same sentence as 'storm' ever, again.

    I was in the dairy aisle yesterday and overheard a man talking on his cell phone, 'No, there's no Yoplait brand left, just Dannon.' 'Yoplait' sounded like Yoeplatt -North Platte, Nebraska, and 'Dannon' sounded like Dannoe, -I dunno.

    I was so busy imagining a conversation, 'Pinnott, sil vou platt' that I nearly missed a cue to hand over a 25 cent off coupon at the check-out.

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  10. ChrisFebruary 2, 2010 at 2:19 PM

    Makes perfect sense.

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So wadda you think?