Monday, January 26, 2009

what's in a name?

There comes a point in everyone's life that they get curious about the meaning of their own name. Typically you would turn to a baby book to find the meaning and origin of a name. Not me. My name is not a proper noun, it's an adjective. So I had to turn to the dictionary instead.

Main Entry: windy

Pronunciation: \ˈwin-dē\

Function: adjective


1 a (1): windswept <a windy coast> (2): marked by strong wind or by more wind than usual <a windy day> b: violent , stormy

2: flatulent <a windy bellyache>

3 a: verbose , bombastic <a windy politician> b: lacking substance : empty <windy promises>


Thanks goes to Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary.

3 comments:

  1. You are not bombastic and empty! Flatulant? Perhaps . . .

    ReplyDelete
  2. hey, when I look up my name in the thesaurus it usually says "drunk"

    ReplyDelete
  3. lol flatulent... Be glad that is definition 2!

    ReplyDelete