wingding

noun

wing·​ding ˈwiŋ-ˌdiŋ How to pronounce wingding (audio)
: a wild, lively, or lavish party

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Join 8 others in the comments View Comments Disney employees discovered the disruption when Scheuer altered menu text fonts to become icon symbols, known as wingdings. John Towfighi, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024 Celebrities began coming in to get bling for their wingdings and have never stopped. Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024 In their big confrontation, Gosling reveals his name, Johnathan Wingdings, son of the creator of the even more insufferable font, wingdings. Meredith Woerner, Variety, 14 Apr. 2024 So when Cate Blanchett, the phoniest actress since Meryl Steep, teams up with Field in his latest film, Tár, the result is a histrionic wingding. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 9 Nov. 2022 The show has now become a glitzy wingding, known for wisecracking hosts, lots of big names showing up, an embrace of both movies and TV, and a party atmosphere, where the stars kick back glasses of adult beverages and let their hair down. oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2021 The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards are almost here, and this year’s wingding should be livelier than ever, thanks to the ever-unpredictable Ricky Gervais returning to host for the fifth time. oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2020 Four Tet is back under his undecipherable wingding alias with another surprise release. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2019 Debbie’s new scheme, dreamed up during long hours spent in solitary confinement, involves an elaborate jewel heist to be staged at the biggest society wingding of the year, the Met Gala. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wingding was in 1944

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“Wingding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wingding. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

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