Bungable

[Bob Haas]

I sent this note to the list quite few days ago.  Has anyone else noticed
such a delay in their posts arriving on the list?

bh

On 3/4/02 2:11 AM, "Bob Haas" <highbob at MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:

> Yes.  Bungable sounds like a descriptor for something that could be stopped
> up with a cork.  Or something that could be made to be stopped up with a
> cork.  Or a tap.
>
> The jumpers in question use bungee cords, not bunghy cords.  I be happier
> with Duane's spelling, or with "bungeeable."
>
> But since I don't practice the sport ‹ and I don't see myself taking bungee
> jumping up as a hobby in the immediate future ‹ I guess it won't be up to me
> to coin the adjective.


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Bob Haas
Department of English
High Point University

"Wherever you go, there you are."