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General Category => Words => Topic started by: mkenuk on November 27, 2018, 10:50:00 PM

Title: figgy
Post by: mkenuk on November 27, 2018, 10:50:00 PM

re the gratifying 10-letter game.

One of the more traditional carols at this time of the year is 'We wish you a merry Christmas' (and a happy New Year).
There are several versions of this, but all of them, in a later verse, include lines such as:

'Oh bring us a figgy pudding (x3)
 And bring it right here'.

An alternative fourth line is 'And a cup of good cheer.'
(Well, if you don't ask, you don't get, right?)

Seems that Chi has never heard the carol, because in the gratifying game figgy got 'sorry not known'.

Title: Re: figgy
Post by: anona on November 28, 2018, 02:17:43 AM

You beat me to it. I made and forgot a mental note to raise this.

A Google search gave me pages and pages of figgy references.

I wondered whether it wasn't allowed because although one might well say something tasted too figgy - and it can be overpowering if you don't like figs - its main use would be in describing the pudding. Like toing and froing not being allowed although they're in fairly common use, because of the limited context they're used in. Or because figgy pudding is mainly a dish not made outside Britain (perhaps it isn't, I don't know).

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Post by: blackrockrose on November 28, 2018, 08:27:11 AM

Another vote from someone who tried 'figgy' in that game. :)

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Post by: Jacki on November 28, 2018, 08:32:59 AM

Definitely agree. I tried figgy.

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Post by: Katzmeow on November 28, 2018, 01:41:12 PM

yep, bring me some figgy pudding and bring it right here!

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Post by: nineoaks on November 28, 2018, 03:25:18 PM

Figgy: ditto

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Post by: yelnats on November 28, 2018, 05:26:16 PM

I too tried figgy.

But is is underlined red in this reply.

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Post by: Dragonman on November 28, 2018, 10:19:59 PM

mK    personally I would prefer the cup of good cheer!  ;D

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Post by: rogue_mother on November 29, 2018, 12:59:37 AM

And we won't go until we get some!!

Title: Re: figgy
Post by: Alan W on July 01, 2020, 02:38:04 PM

Figgy is in a number of online dictionaries. It will be playable in future, as a rare word.

The online Oxford specifically mentions figgier and figgiest as inflected forms. And these words are used. For example, in the xo breakfast website:

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Fresh figs are delicious, but caramelized, they are even figgier, chewy and jammy, the perfect topping for oatmeal.

Figgier and figgiest will also be added as rare words.