[Ads-l] to wing chun - 2004

[Barretts Mail]

The English Oxford Living Dictionaries give “wing chun” (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/wing_chun <https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/wing_chun>) as a mass noun, and Wiktionary does the same (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wing_Chun <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wing_Chun>) with capital letters.

In a 15 March article I cited a few minutes ago, the The Washington Post has this as a verb:

http://wapo.st/2FJiSRC <http://wapo.st/2FJiSRC>
"She found a dating app on her boyfriend’s phone. Then she bought a samurai sword.”
by Kyle Swenson

“I was able to wing chun my way to survival,” [Alex Lovell] told the Oregonian/OregonLive in an interview this week over Facebook messenger, referring to a Chinese martial art.
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1. 19 August 2004
http://bit.ly/2GEPk4O <http://bit.ly/2GEPk4O>
"Websites that are the Worst (Vol. I & II)”
apparently by David Sid Hu

But I guess if this is how you get your jollies, its a lot easier than punching people in the school cafeteria, which could result in you getting wing-chuned.
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2. 30 July 2010
http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/sixth-scale-action-figure-news-reviews-and-discussion-/392357-enterbay-donnie-yen-ip-man-specs-pics-3.html <http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/sixth-scale-action-figure-news-reviews-and-discussion-/392357-enterbay-donnie-yen-ip-man-specs-pics-3.html>
by fosing

he challenged 10 men, and wing chuned their azzes to a pulp.
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3. On 30 May 2012, desertwingchun2 also uses this verb:

http://bit.ly/2GFy9jx <http://bit.ly/2GFy9jx>

When my buddies came over they were all laughing and saying "Dave fully Wing Chuned him!!!”
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Not many hits, but this is probably a common enough verb in certain circles, nonce or not.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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