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- adjective nonce word
grumpy ,ill-tempered
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Examples
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For those lost in uffish thought of slithy pols, Carroll is a beacon of better.
Alice in Mail Art Land/Traveling Light with a Pinhole Camera 2009
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For those of us who get lost in uffish thought of slithy pols and frumious government, Carroll is a beacon of better.
Alice in Mail Art Land/Traveling Light with a Pinhole Camera 2009
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“I stood in uffish thought too long and now the Emperor is dead!”
Early fiction: Sinbad’s Adventures in Lewis Carrol’s Land maryrobinette 2007
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While he stood in uffish thought, the jabberwock with eyes of flame came whuffling through the Tulgey Wood and burbled as it came.
Early fiction: Sinbad’s Adventures in Lewis Carrol’s Land maryrobinette 2007
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"Don't just stand there in uffish thought!" said the Cat, draining Humpty's glass and vanishing again.
Sign of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1987
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I stood there in uffish thought: The spell I had used to destroy the Bandersnatch had altered my thinking in a peculiar fashion.
Sign of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1987
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I poured my coffee, munched my muffin, and sat a while in uffish thought.
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza Block, Lawrence 1980
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And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wook, And burbled as it came!
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For those of us who get lost in uffish thought of slithy pols and frumious government, Carroll is a beacon of better.
Blogger News Network 2009
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Nanos in uffish thought we stood, the Jabberlectorate, with eyes of flame .... sarah palin knows (exactly 90 seconds worth of material about) the issues
unknown title 2008
andrew.simone commented on the word uffish
Until I figure out this words meaning, it is going under Words that ain't
December 12, 2006
victoriapl commented on the word uffish
from a line in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky "And, as in uffish thought he stood"
December 1, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word uffish
Yup. I stand in uffish thought a lot. Sometimes even in a tulgey wood.
December 1, 2007