Bgugi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoIs thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down17
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareIs thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?Bgugi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareDonjuanme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·10 months agoWhinging eh? I read that similar to whinching or winging though I know you mean whining. If we’re tossing in question marks?
minus-squareApepollo11@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoI’m not entirely sure I read your comment correctly, but it sounds like you’ve never heard the word “whinging” before. For the avoidance of doubt, it’s a real word. It rhymes with “hinging”.
minus-squaretuck182@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoAnd in the UK at least it’s a distinct word and meaning from whining. In the US I think we just use “whining” for both meanings.
minus-squareAnAmericanPotato@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agohttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/whinge
Whinging eh? I read that similar to whinching or winging though I know you mean whining. If we’re tossing in question marks?
I’m not entirely sure I read your comment correctly, but it sounds like you’ve never heard the word “whinging” before.
For the avoidance of doubt, it’s a real word. It rhymes with “hinging”.
And in the UK at least it’s a distinct word and meaning from whining. In the US I think we just use “whining” for both meanings.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whinge