i’ve been a happy maunderer since the beginning
babbling long strings of sounds and crawling around in an idle manner
now using full run-on sentences leading to tangents
and dreamily getting lost while moving most anywhere
just didn’t have the word for it before.
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maunder
[MAWN-dər]
part of speech: verb
origin: unknown, early 17th century
1.talk in a rambling manner.
2.move or act in a dreamy or idle manner.
“don’t get beth started on her favorite movies, or she will maunder forever.”
“the blooming trees inspired me to maunder all afternoon in the woods.”
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Love that Beth! <3
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It’s a great word amd thing that many of us do
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That’s a good word, Beth. I think most of us like to have an occasional maunder. :)
Best wishes, Pete.
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I agree
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I’m maundering after three pints of Guinness, at the ‘lowercase poetry’ Christmas Party at Murphy’s Pub … time to hit the sack Ivor …
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Oh, I’ll bet !)
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Thank you for a new word to add to my vocabulary. Interesting, at least to me, is the fact that it is very similar to meander which has the same meaning.
Oh, and I am interested to know what you’re number one favorite movie of all time is!
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the graduate and dr. Zhivago (it’s a tie)
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I’m the same. I love to maunder too.
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it’s the best –
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Yup!
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Oh good! A new word to use over and over in a conversation and nobody will have any idea what I am talking about. They will only know that “She is going on and on about nothing as she usually does.” ;(
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exactly! perfect
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I am guilty of that. And I like it!
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Same!
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Oh, me tooooo
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Thanks to my fellow maunderer
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Yassss
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How have I missed this word in my life…especially because I exemplify it…daily??? 😜
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Same!)
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🥰🥰🥰
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Sounds like a shorter path to meandering, Beth!
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Yes
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Maunder yourself into a merry Christmas 🎄 Beth!
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thanks, and you too
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😊 thank you
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Thanks for the chuckle 🥰
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my pleasure…
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I thought of “wander” before I saw “meander.” Yet another word for my vocabulary.
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I love learning new ones even if they are old ones
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Kinda cool that it rhymes with ‘wander.’
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yes, and seems to be a combo of wander and meander
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Excellent observation.
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I love the old words, sometimes they are the perfect thing
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I love this! I think I’m one too, Beth!💚
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great1
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💚
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Good poetry prompt
Sent from my iPhone
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<3
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Oooo…I love this word!
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it’s such aa good descriptor
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Yes!
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That’s certainly a new one to me!
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who knew?!
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Love this! Oh, to wander and to maunder–so many things to ponder :)
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of this response, I am fonder
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The picture is so wonderful. I just love it and I learned a new word. I think I do that a lot. LOL
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I knew it! )
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LOL
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Guilty as charged. I confess to be a maunderer. I suppose there are worse conditions lol.
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absolutely, welcome to the club
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I have been known to maunder on more than one occasion. It’s not a bad thing, is it? ;-)
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I’m pro-maunder
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Yaya!
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I maunder, too. :-)
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I see it as a plus
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it’s a bit like ‘stalwart’; you don’t come across it often —
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Right!
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I have been a world class maunderer my whole life and did not even know there was such a word. And I guess maunder the verb is the word and maunderer the noun isn’t. But you get it. Am I maundering yet?
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you’re a naturall
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Now I know what I’ve been doing all my life.
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me too )
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Sounds like a great word to describe my husband! 🤣
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Great!
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I always wondered what that word meant, now I know!
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there you go!
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Good word!
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