Here's another informative vocabulary lesson to build your FELINE LEXICON ...
From DaisyMae's Feline Dictionary of Terms and Phrases, the phrase of the day is:
WONK (noun) ... wahnk ... Crusty brown gunk localized at the inside corners of the eyes. This phenomenon typically results after one has spent a particularly hard night of sleeping, although wonk can occur after a long nap, too. When wet, wonk is sometimes referred to as "eye boogers." In most instances, wonk is highly visible and spoils the look of otherwise attractive cats.
Adjective(s): wonky; wonkish; wonkiness
see also: wonky peepers ... The condition of having wonk in the inside corners of the eyes prior to 'wonk removal.'
Sentence examples:
1. Pumpkin refused to hold still for wonk removal until Mom put him in a headlock.
2. Sparky Fuzzypants' eyes were full of nasty, brownish wonk after a particularly restful nap.
My people call it "gooky".
ReplyDeleteMom calls it crust or gunk.
ReplyDeleteThank yoo for this importunt informayshun. I always have wonk in my eyes. Mao calls it krap. I think wonk is a better werd.
ReplyDeleteMomma had to pull some of that stuffs outta my eye dis mornin. Good fink I is an udderstandin girl.
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Our Mom calls it gunk too. I'll inform her that she's using the wrong word. *nods*
ReplyDelete~~ Boni
We call them eye goobers.
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