A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg pungle PRONUNCIATION: (PUNG-uhl) MEANING: verb tr.: To make a payment; to shell out. ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of Spanish póngale (put it down), from poner (to put), from Latin ponere (to put). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away) that is also the source of after, off, awkward, post, puny, apposite, apropos, and dispositive. Earliest documented use: 1851. USAGE: Congress pungled up $700 billion for a bailout. Steve Rubenstein; 2008 in Review; San Francisco Chronicle; Dec 30, 2008. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you cant change your mind, because God sure isnt going to change His. -Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942-2013)
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