Wednesday, April 16, 2008

From my morning shave with NPR. . .

Okay - what six-letter hyphenated word meaning "eager" can have two of its last three letters changed to create another six-letter hyphenated word meaning "none too eager". What are the two words? Here's a culture clue for those who once called East Hubbardton Road home - think George Wendt, Michael Keaton, and "We're breaking the ice! It's all brand new oooh oooh ooh!" That should help.

3 comments:

Hal said...

Are you looking for:
Gung-ho and gun-shy?

john tate said...

Most excellent Hal - I don't think I would have gotten it myself. Say "hi" to the family there in Florida for me.

barefootkangaroo said...

I think it was my friend Kaitlin who told me that "Gung Ho" is Chinese for "Let's go," and it finds its origins in the English Lexicon from Chinese railroad workers in the west.

C'mon guys, breaks over. Get back to work.

Gung ho.