Word of the Whenever results

No one seemed to like my great idea for a word of the whenever: rhubarb, as in “a heated dispute; brawl.” As in:

“People should get their domestic rhubarbs, verbal fisticuffs, and emotional jugular-snatching completely out of the way before they show up for a house tour." Richard Ford, Independence Day

Don’t you love it? [Fisticuffs, btw, is another favorite of mine. You’d be surprised how often I work it into everyday conversations.]

Sandy taunted me with: “Rhubarb pie is a little too tart for my taste.” And said her sentence was laden with hidden meaning. I think that means she was mad at me.

So I retorted with:

I know you did that on purpose, Sandy. Just trying to stir up a little neighborhood rhubarb, aren't you? ;)

Get it? See and the smiley face at the end showed that I’m not mad at her. Brilliant, no?

No one followed suit, tho, until Ricardo came up with his WOW: Mendacious - lying; untruthful; false. And submitted:

In her only vice-presidential debate, she was shallow, mendacious and phoney."
- Michelle Goldberg at guardian.co.uk on Sarah Palin

Any dig at Sarah Palin wins in my book [that woman scares the bejeezus out of me], but the winning entry has to be from Janette, who came up with:

The woebegone reveler cursed the bartender for the mendacious suggestion of a $30 Margarita which left her with a hang-over despite the price tag.

You’d had to have been there, which I was.

So Janette—send me your word!