[ExI] new word usage

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 19:55:08 UTC 2020


What am I doing this weekend?  Hulking around.  (no, not 'rise massively!)
bill w

Related entries & more
<https://www.etymonline.com/word/hulk#etymonline_v_42124>hulk (v.)
<https://www.etymonline.com/word/hulk#etymonline_v_42124>
"to be clumsy, unwieldy, or lazy," 1789, from hulk (n.) or a back-formation
from hulking. Meaning "rise massively" is from 1880. Related: Hulked;
hulking.
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