A list of 110 words by sionnach.
- kipling has 3 comments
- duckling appears on 13 other lists
- fingerling appears on 23 other lists and has 2 comments
- groundling appears on 5 other lists
- chickling
- chitterling appears on 4 other lists
- changeling appears on 35 other lists and has 4 comments
- gosling appears on 15 other lists
- yearling appears on 16 other lists
- hireling appears on 13 other lists
- inkling appears on 51 other lists and has 6 comments
- quisling appears on 85 other lists and has 10 comments
- nerfling has 1 comment
- silverling appears on 3 other lists
- sibling appears on 18 other lists and has 2 comments
- sapling appears on 24 other lists
- vetchling
- starling appears on 36 other lists and has 1 comment
- weakling appears on 5 other lists
- unsmiling
- unprepossessing appears on 17 other lists
- unpromising
- batwing appears on 2 other lists and has 1 comment
- unstinting appears on 9 other lists
- unthinking appears on 1 other list
- awning appears on 9 other lists
- gloaming appears on 153 other lists and has 21 comments
- darjeeling appears on 15 other lists and has 6 comments
- beijing appears on 12 other lists and has 1 comment
- wellspring appears on 11 other lists and has 1 comment
- wingding appears on 11 other lists and has 1 comment
- webding
- beesting
- nothing appears on 35 other lists and has 2 comments
- shoestring appears on 5 other lists
- upswing appears on 2 other lists
- pudding appears on 32 other lists and has 6 comments
- notwithstanding appears on 46 other lists and has 1 comment
- bluestocking appears on 46 other lists and has 1 comment
- viking appears on 9 other lists
- lemming appears on 15 other lists and has 1 comment
- fleming appears on 1 other list
- wyoming appears on 7 other lists and has 1 comment
- unbecoming appears on 11 other lists
- unsleeping appears on 1 other list
- elizabeth barrett browning
- inning appears on 5 other lists
- stripling appears on 11 other lists and has 1 comment
- shearling appears on 3 other lists
- ossining
- bling-bling appears on 10 other lists
- sing-sing appears on 1 other list
- herring appears on 10 other lists
- farthing appears on 21 other lists and has 1 comment
- surstromming appears on 2 other lists and has 2 comments
- derring-do appears on 16 other lists
- shaveling appears on 2 other lists and has 1 comment
- roebling
- darling appears on 56 other lists and has 2 comments
- starveling appears on 13 other lists and has 1 comment
- falding
- elding appears on 2 other lists
- niding appears on 1 other list
- sheading appears on 1 other list
- halfling appears on 7 other lists
- spelding appears on 1 other list and has 1 comment
- little gidding has 1 comment
- glozing appears on 1 other list and has 1 comment
- weanling appears on 6 other lists and has 1 comment
- swampthing
- sterling appears on 20 other lists and has 1 comment
- kingling appears on 4 other lists and has 3 comments
- burger king
- purfling appears on 7 other lists and has 2 comments
- althing appears on 1 other list
- unmoving appears on 1 other list
- gissing
- insulin appears on 6 other lists
- immunoglobulin appears on 2 other lists
- pidgin appears on 23 other lists and has 1 comment
- antigodlin appears on 6 other lists and has 3 comments
- berlin appears on 12 other lists and has 2 comments
- algonquin appears on 8 other lists and has 1 comment
- penicillin appears on 5 other lists and has 2 comments
- brahmin appears on 7 other lists and has 1 comment
- bumpkin appears on 32 other lists and has 1 comment
- munchkin appears on 20 other lists and has 18 comments
- darwin appears on 12 other lists and has 4 comments
- gremlin appears on 29 other lists and has 9 comments
- hemagglutinin appears on 5 other lists and has 2 comments
- bradykinin appears on 3 other lists
- albuminin
- uncaring
- unforgiving appears on 2 other lists
- bjoerling
- string appears on 29 other lists
- swing appears on 28 other lists
- thing appears on 26 other lists and has 5 comments
- unyielding appears on 6 other lists
- bantling appears on 7 other lists and has 1 comment
- lapwing appears on 10 other lists and has 1 comment
- dorking appears on 5 other lists and has 11 comments
- fumagillin appears on 1 other list and has 2 comments
- urning has 1 comment
- wapping appears on 4 other lists and has 2 comments
- earthling appears on 6 other lists and has 2 comments
- superstring appears on 3 other lists
- herling appears on 1 other list and has 1 comment
- sting appears on 22 other lists and has 1 comment
- whitling appears on 2 other lists and has 1 comment
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