Saturday, 21 February 2015

Wsstny

Wsstny: interjection. The sound made when one is stung by a bee, while simultaneously placing one's hand on a stove or hot plate. One would think that this would be a statistically unlikely event and hence the word wouldn't be used very often, but contrary to that, the word is used at least 2 times a day and each time in the right circumstance. This is due to the disproportionately high presence of bees around hot plates, as investigated by Smith & Johnson (1976).

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