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> I have never tried to spell the phrase "flip a youey" before. As a former Scripps spelling bee contestant, I've developed a low-grade allergy to commonplace
by bmelton 3y ago
> I have never tried to spell the phrase "flip a youey" before.
As a former Scripps spelling bee contestant, I've developed a low-grade allergy to commonplace onomotopeic words with no obvious, agreed-upon spelling. Recently I struggled with zhuzh (which has the bonus terror of having an alternate spelling, 'zhoosh') - but I commend OP for having chosen a phonetically parseable spelling over one of your (arguably more appropriate) choices, as I suspect it would have taken a lot longer to divine meaning from.
- bjork 3y ago*onomatopoeic
- StrictDabbler 3y agoI had always imagined that word to be spelled "jouerge", a variation on the French verb "jouer: to play" mixed with some element of "bourgeois: in the manner of the middle class". My etymology makes sense. You can even extend it to the "jouergeois" if you need to describe middle-class foodies. In this case I am definitely wrong and I blame Canada.