Definitions
Etymologies
- From Afrikaans pronk ("to show off, strut, or prance") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Rep. William Cummings (D-VA) defends his use of the slang word "pronk" as a legitimate catchphrase.”
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“Ai is a springbok wiv mai tail in teh air Pronk pronk pronk!”
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“The warthogs are starting to make friends, the giraffes like me more, and the springbok pronk everyday pronking is when they bounce around as high as they can, it's awesome!”
“Espying and taking nonchalant note of the ram's challenge, he vouchsafed to give forth a midrange snarl, whereupon the suddenly paralyzed ram froze at the end of an advancing pronk, stood tottering on all fours for an instant or two, and proceeded to keel over onto one side in a dead faint, all four legs locked sideways and straight, parallel to the ground.”
“In Hindeloopen (Friesland) one or two beds in the living-room are kept as 'pronk-bedden' (show beds).”
“Or we should accept it as an animal that weathered the changes in our nation, still holds its title, and continues to pronk along, but is now representative of a unified nation.”
“The springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) gets its name from its characteristic jumping display - pronk in Afrikaans.”
“I’m still betting on ‘no mandate’ in the short run of any Obama proposal or anything Congress puts together. pronk Says:”
“In South Holland it is more customary to have a 'pronk-kamer' ( 'show-room'), which is not a bedroom, but a kind of parlour.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pronk’.
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Very Silly Words
A list of very silly sounding words, as well as words that are fun to say
badot, gardyloo, dingbat, gaffer, kine, haberdashery, forsooth, whey-faced, hoddypeak, brouhaha, widdershins, decemnovenarianize and 115 more...
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music genre
list of music genres - anything. even the most obscure sub-genres of sub-genres
twee pop, indie, shoegaze, doo-wop, punk, rock, jazz, pop, classical, hard rock, emo, goth and 190 more...
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The Penis Game
Euphemisms for the penis.
See also:
A Testicle by Any Other Name
Ward, I'm worried about the beavermale interfemoral..., penis, dick, cock, prick, willy, percy, peter, one-eyed trouser ..., piece of pork, wife's best friend, dong and 79 more...
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Neologisms
'New' words.
neurogami, sexting, plussies, plussy, churnalism, hecka, greenwashing, greenwash, Blogistan, diactrize, subsume, cachebusting and 27 more...
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Jump
crow-hop, leapfrog, pronk, hurdle, vault, stot, bound, spring, bounce, skip, capriole, caper and 6 more...
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Onk-tastic
Words containing the sound /ŏngk/.
Algonquin, Cronkite, Tonka, Tonkin, Wonka, Yonkers, bonk, bonkers, bronco, broncobuster, conk, conker and 53 more...
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Bodily
wigwag, caprae, hylozoism, abiogenesis, whorl, entropy, anima, anthropoid, avatar, symbiont, symbiote, android and 34 more...
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Conversations
Words with interesting comments. This doesn't mean I'm adding schadenfreude.
sprite, footnote, ringxiety, firkin, jesus's, guys, möbius strip, mentions, waxed paper, za, hobby horse, ombrology and 54 more...
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Words that should be heard in songs m...
Inspired by PossibleUnderscore's list of words overused in modern pop music.
giant squid, bamboo, colonic, herbivore, raptor, dodecahedron, largesse, sinuses, dim sum, carburetor, transubstantiation, wife and 54 more...
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Animal kings
crocodilian, lagomorph, ovine, bovine, lupine, minatory, arthropod, zoömimetic, nag, pronk, entomology, buffalo and 34 more...
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Not quite love
prolix, pleonastic, senescence, autochthonous, loup, pronk, onomatopoeia, magisterial, rixatrix, esurient, blowsabella, crapulence and 69 more...
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Animals (besides pottos)
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robin, wagtail, frog, bunny, pronk, rabbit, fur, badger, mouse, bee, crepuscular, purr and 140 more...
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Potpourri
eponymous, aa, pulchritude, gizmo, macabre, sui generis, solecism, solipsism, eldritch, samizdat, queue, obsequious and 469 more...
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eesome
Includes any intangible conceivable independently of Hom. Sap.
depthless, overspire, unsteady, thitherward, rile, munchable, covet, pastinaceous, mirtle, slonk, tink, inerrarable and 345 more...
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Words that delight me
tepid, perfunctory, trope, benign, inordinate, bewildering, ersatz, boon, delectable, apt, scuttlebutt, sequester and 398 more...
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pixistix's Words
cumquat, circumlocution, panoply, propinquity, contumely, quietus, fardel, tmesis, tipsy, giddy, trudge, vortex and 211 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pronk.
AnWulf From Afrikaans, literally ‘show off’, from Dutch pronken ‘to strut.’
Thus pronk-bedden are show beds. Nov 2, 2011
reesetee Haha! John, how'd I miss that clip?? Jan 10, 2009
john See also pronking. Jan 10, 2009
missanthropist Bastard stepchild of when hyphy met dubstep. Jul 11, 2008
john Congress Debates Merits Of New Catchphrase Apr 18, 2008
reesetee Funny--that's just what I said about stot. Great image, isn't it? :-) Jul 11, 2007
jennarenn I know that pronk isn't technically onomatopoetic, but can't you hear kangaroos making a similar sound in a cartoon? :)
Pronk, pronk, pronk, pronk! Jul 11, 2007
trivet Ditto! Plus, I think I might like stot even better than pronk.
I smell a list... Jul 10, 2007
reesetee Thanks, perodicticus--learn something new every day. :-) Jul 10, 2007
perodicticus According to Richard Despard Estes' book The Behavior Guide to African Mammals, only springboks pronk; other antelope stot. Jul 10, 2007
slumry Nice word! I can imagine someone pronking right out of his shoes. Jul 10, 2007
reesetee Ibexes pronk. Jul 10, 2007
uselessness The L.A. Lakers pronk. Jul 10, 2007
reesetee Kangaroos pronk. Jul 10, 2007
trivet Antelopes pronk. Jul 10, 2007
reesetee J, I think it means "to jump straight up" (as opposed to, say, leaping forward). Great word. :-) Jul 10, 2007
jennarenn What an adorable word!!! Could you give an example or a reference? Jul 10, 2007