Comments on: Hunker Down http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/hunker-down/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 28 Apr 2021 23:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.1 By: Danny http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/hunker-down/comment-page-1/#comment-945150 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 09:43:56 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9650#comment-945150 Yeah, it’s still used widely in central Scotland where I come from. Heard an American use it on tv, thought I’d search the origin. Yes, lots of hiking words still used in Scotland; i.e., “haus” for “house”.

]]> By: Linda Wiggins http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/hunker-down/comment-page-1/#comment-886329 Mon, 06 Jul 2020 04:17:42 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9650#comment-886329 In honor of the sequestration caused by Covid 19 virus I wrote a song:

HUNKER DOWN (by Linda Wiggins 2020)

Hunker down….. sorry for the scientific jargon.
Hunker down….. I’m not driving, now gas is a bargain.
Hunker down…..There’s time enough for procrastinators.
Hunker down…….I think there’s still some cheese in the refrigerator!

BRIDGE It’s strange to be exasperated by so much spare time.
No schedule, no game plan…am I still in my prime?

Hunker down……I’ve got time to read Mark Twain & Voltaire
Hunker down ……some days it’s pathetic, I don’t even brush my hair.
Hunker down…….I’ll have to play charades by myself
Hunker down…….It’s all in the name of public health.

]]> By: Ruth Warren http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/hunker-down/comment-page-1/#comment-873167 Sat, 23 May 2020 12:16:19 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9650#comment-873167 Sounds good to me, so now, instead of being hunkered down, I am going to arise and get something to eat.

]]> By: C Johnston http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/hunker-down/comment-page-1/#comment-860032 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:55:34 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9650#comment-860032 Always considered hunkered down to mean staying put for some reason. Let’s say on a yacht during a storm, hunkered down in the cabin below deck. The definition can extend to extreme focus on a specific objective in a specific locaton as in, he hunkered down in his study until completing the anxiously awaited report.

]]> By: Joe Bertalan http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/hunker-down/comment-page-1/#comment-853877 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:59:56 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9650#comment-853877 A fit term for the country, world in 2020 as we practice social distancing or hunker down. Thanks.

]]> By: Dvora Fairfield http://www.word-detective.com/2014/05/hunker-down/comment-page-1/#comment-566834 Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:26:57 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=9650#comment-566834 Thanks for the info with great humor. We are in Jax, FL beginning to feel the effects of IRMA. We are hearing this advice ad nauseum to those who have not evacuated,to “hunker down”. My son said, “I hate that term!”. So I wondered where it came from and found your site and answer. Thanx again and keep ’em comin’. ?????

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