Glunching

/ˈɡlʌntʃɪŋ/ verb

Definition

The present participle of glunch; acting moody, sullen, or displeased.

Etymology

From Scottish glunch with the gerund/present participle suffix -ing, indicating an ongoing state of showing displeasure or bad mood.

Kelly Says

The fact that Scottish English needed a specific word for the *act* of being visibly sullen shows how language encodes cultural observations—apparently Scottish people were very good at noticing when someone was in a grump!

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