Ribbing- an arrangement of ribs.
Synonyms- bantering, chaffing, fooling, jesting, joking, joshing, kidding, rallying, razzing, quizzical
Ex: "Does she think I'm ribbing her?" -Abducted by Circumstance Tobias Wolff
I wanted to put this up because I haven't heard it used before. I didn't even know you could use it in that sort of context. Well to me the definition gives no hint that it could be used that way. So I thought is was cool enough and share with everyone else.
It's fun running across new words! I now grant this word an official member of my vocabulary. Welcome "ribbing" to the wonderful world of Brittany's mind, and hopefully someone else' mind too. I am curious, how many people actually knew you could used "ribbing" like this?
Also, become that person who loves words not just for what they mean but for how they sound. W. B. Yeats said his favorite words were "cellar door." He loved those liquid sounds--the l and r in our language are called "liquids." Sure, a cellar door is not that interesting of an item, but it's the SOUND of the WORDS THEMSELVES that Yeats loved.
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