http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/stonking/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/stonking/comment-page-1/#comment-42001 Ed Groves Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:55:31 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5216#comment-42001 I have an idea that the word "stonking" was my own invention. In the early 1980s, at South Bank, I used to play some strange games with friends, one of which I named "Stonker Tennis" a variant of Tiddly-Winks involving an improvised "net". "That's a stonker" we cried - never having heard the word! I have an idea that the word “stonking” was my own invention. In the early 1980s, at South Bank, I used to play some strange games with friends, one of which I named “Stonker Tennis” a variant of Tiddly-Winks involving an improvised “net”. “That’s a stonker” we cried – never having heard the word!

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/07/stonking/comment-page-1/#comment-36950 Fun Word of the Day: Stonking | Cryptic Philosopher Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:50:42 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5216#comment-36950 [...] second I saw this word, I knew it had to be British. Sure enough, it is: ["Stonking"] been popular slang in the UK for many years, and enjoyed a certain vogue there in the [...] [...] second I saw this word, I knew it had to be British. Sure enough, it is: ["Stonking"] been popular slang in the UK for many years, and enjoyed a certain vogue there in the [...]

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