I've never heard this one before! According to Merriam Webster online, the word of the day is "quidnunc" (noun) - pronounced "KWID-nunk".
Definition: a person who seeks to know all the latest news or gossip : busybody
Example Sentence: "Those who criticize Joanne for being a quidnunc are usually the first to go to her when they want to know the latest gossip."
This one's kind of simple, so I'm hoping I don't see sentences like "my sister is such a quidnunc", "people call me a quidnunc", etc. etc. etc.
Try to make it creative and interesting to read! Draw on personal experience! Write me a short blurb!
Have fun; thanks for playing! ♥
2007-09-20 10:18:26 · 31 answers · asked by Delvala 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Being the world's best quidnunc is not all it's cracked up to be, according to Perez Hilton at least.
(Like he would EVER use such a word LOL!)
Thanks for the 'new thing I learned today' winner!
2007-09-20 10:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have a family member that has such a thirst for information, always needing to know what everyone is doing that she is such a quidnunc, such a nosybody.
2007-09-20 17:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by lmjones_2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In those days, a celebrity was assigned a personal Quidnunc. This individual's job would be to stir up all of the gossip in order to allow the celebrity in question to climb the social heirarchy more quickly and efficiently by slandering their peers and jeapordizing their careers. This trend began during the 20th century, and initially was referred to as 'paparazzi' and 'World Weekly News.'
2007-09-20 17:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by gilgamesh 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The febreeze woman at my work is such a quidnunc: she seems to think everyone's business is her own. What she should be paying more attention to, however, is the fact that she smells like a slaughter-house.
2007-09-20 17:28:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The journalists of the local newspaper and my aunt are such quidnuncs that they can't keep the pen and paper out of their hands and the phone off their ear.
2007-09-20 17:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by <3 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOLOL I haven't got time to work on that right now, but your post makes me think of the joke I read a while back where a boy was asked in class to give a sentence using the word "ammo" to clearly show its meaning.
He thought for a moment and said......"Ammo whup yo' butt"
Y'know, though, the way kids talk this day, I'm not too sure this was a joke.
2007-09-20 17:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by sharmel 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The only reason I'm in the slammer is because of that quidnunc next door!!! My curtains being open in the kitchen window does not grant you an invitation to spy! Do I climb over your hedges to watch you go to the bathroom? Then why do you need to creep up on my kitchen meth-lab?
2007-09-20 17:23:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am such a quidnunc that I just HAD to come here and post this nonsense answer.
2007-09-20 17:21:54 · answer #8 · answered by Danny N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay.....so i knew this girl in my high skool and she is the weirdest girl iv ever met.....lemme tell u wht she used to do.....after there used 2 be any test and after we get the grades....this girl wuld write down names of students who she likes/hates and go around the class asking their grades!! If their was a person whom she didnt like 2 ask the grades directly 2 she told some1 else 2 ask 4 her....she always wanted 2 know wht was happening with every1's lives......she wanted 2 know everythin....Believe me, she was such a "quidnunc"!!!
2007-09-20 17:25:43 · answer #9 · answered by girl 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perez Hilton sucks; hes such a quidnuc
2007-09-20 17:22:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋