A list of 110 words by sionnach.
- kipling appears on just this list
- duckling appears on 15 other lists
- fingerling appears on 26 other lists
- groundling appears on 6 other lists
- chickling appears on just this list
- chitterling appears on 4 other lists
- changeling appears on 43 other lists
- gosling appears on 16 other lists
- yearling appears on 24 other lists
- hireling appears on 16 other lists
- inkling appears on 64 other lists
- quisling appears on 96 other lists
- nerfling appears on just this list
- silverling appears on 3 other lists
- sibling appears on 19 other lists
- sapling appears on 24 other lists
- vetchling appears on just this list
- starling appears on 43 other lists
- weakling appears on 5 other lists
- unsmiling appears on just this list
- unprepossessing appears on 21 other lists
- unpromising appears on just this list
- batwing appears on 2 other lists
- unstinting appears on 14 other lists
- unthinking appears on 4 other lists
- awning appears on 15 other lists
- gloaming appears on 163 other lists
- darjeeling appears on 16 other lists
- beijing appears on 12 other lists
- wellspring appears on 13 other lists
- wingding appears on 12 other lists
- webding appears on just this list
- beesting appears on 1 other list
- nothing appears on 42 other lists
- shoestring appears on 5 other lists
- upswing appears on 2 other lists
- pudding appears on 35 other lists
- notwithstanding appears on 59 other lists
- bluestocking appears on 49 other lists
- viking appears on 10 other lists
- lemming appears on 17 other lists
- fleming appears on 1 other list
- wyoming appears on 7 other lists
- unbecoming appears on 13 other lists
- unsleeping appears on 1 other list
- elizabeth barrett browning appears on just this list
- inning appears on 6 other lists
- stripling appears on 14 other lists
- shearling appears on 6 other lists
- ossining appears on just this list
- bling-bling appears on 10 other lists
- sing-sing appears on 1 other list
- herring appears on 17 other lists
- farthing appears on 22 other lists
- surstromming appears on 2 other lists
- derring-do appears on 16 other lists
- shaveling appears on 2 other lists
- roebling appears on just this list
- darling appears on 62 other lists
- starveling appears on 15 other lists
- falding appears on just this list
- elding appears on 2 other lists
- niding appears on 2 other lists
- sheading appears on 2 other lists
- halfling appears on 7 other lists
- spelding appears on 2 other lists
- little gidding appears on just this list
- glozing appears on 3 other lists
- weanling appears on 8 other lists
- swampthing appears on just this list
- sterling appears on 26 other lists
- kingling appears on 5 other lists
- burger king appears on just this list
- purfling appears on 8 other lists
- althing appears on 1 other list
- unmoving appears on 1 other list
- gissing appears on just this list
- insulin appears on 8 other lists
- immunoglobulin appears on 2 other lists
- pidgin appears on 24 other lists
- antigodlin appears on 6 other lists
- berlin appears on 13 other lists
- algonquin appears on 8 other lists
- penicillin appears on 9 other lists
- brahmin appears on 8 other lists
- bumpkin appears on 42 other lists
- munchkin appears on 21 other lists
- darwin appears on 12 other lists
- gremlin appears on 31 other lists
- hemagglutinin appears on 5 other lists
- bradykinin appears on 5 other lists
- albuminin appears on just this list
- uncaring appears on just this list
- unforgiving appears on 3 other lists
- bjoerling appears on just this list
- string appears on 39 other lists
- swing appears on 34 other lists
- thing appears on 30 other lists
- unyielding appears on 15 other lists
- bantling appears on 10 other lists
- lapwing appears on 11 other lists
- dorking appears on 5 other lists
- fumagillin appears on 1 other list
- urning appears on just this list
- wapping appears on 4 other lists
- earthling appears on 7 other lists
- superstring appears on 4 other lists
- herling appears on 1 other list
- sting appears on 24 other lists
- whitling appears on 3 other lists
roseandivy Sionnach,
I just wasn't paying attention at the time -- I get it now. :) Actually, I really wasn't paying attention - my list is only about collecting -ling words, because I think they are adorable. Feb 8, 2009
sionnach I've deleted ceiling and stotting from this list, mafeking as well, because - as qroqqa pointed out - it's only visually that it doesn't fit. In fact, it is singularly unsuited for this list, as the name of the town Mafeking actually spawned the verb 'to maffick'. Jan 26, 2009
qroqqa Mafeking doesn't fit here, except visually. Jan 9, 2009
johnmperry ding-a-ling
althing Jun 30, 2008
gangerh nurburgring? Apr 9, 2008
mollusque Um, sionnach, you might never have ceiled or stotted, but some of us probably have. Apr 9, 2008
gangerh Does 'never landing' work for you?
As in 'I don't know, I've never never landed'. Apr 9, 2008
sionnach @roseandivy: The criterion for inclusion is that the apparent past tense obtained from the 'verb stem' preceding the 'ing' should not be legitimate.
Thus, fling doesn't belong on the list because, in answer to the question: "How do you like fl-ing?", the response "I don't know, I've never fled" actually makes sense. Similarly, the legitimacy of 'bred' and 'bled' as past tense formats rules out 'bring' and 'bling'.
Obviously, any -ing word obtained directly from a verb is ruled out a priori. Thus, for instance, I wouldn't include 'dwindling', as you have done on your list.
Don't know if that makes sense, or is just overly convoluted. Apr 9, 2008
roseandivy Oh, drat it all! And here I thought I was first to this idea with my list.
P.S. What's your rules for this list, then, sionnach? Apr 9, 2008
asativum A guy I knew named Joe would say he didn't even know her whenever someone found him listening to Joe Cocker. Jan 23, 2008
bilby Apparently there's a town in England called Woking ... Nov 30, 2007
sionnach Contrary to what one might think, bling cannot be placed on this list. Nor can fling or bring. Nov 15, 2007