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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Chuntering", a new addition to my vocabulary (if I can remember it)
chunter in British
(ˈtʃʌntə ) or chunner (ˈtʃʌnə )
verb
(intransitive; often foll by on) British informal
to mutter or grumble incessantly in a meaningless fashion
(ˈtʃʌntə ) or chunner (ˈtʃʌnə )
verb
(intransitive; often foll by on) British informal
to mutter or grumble incessantly in a meaningless fashion
reference: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-04-03/debates/5F15A794-4045-4A04-A714-1FED79C45726/EuropeanUnion(Withdrawal)(No5)Bill
(at 9 PM by Sir William Cash, a prominent Eurosceptic)
Sir William Cash
Absolutely; the idea of our subjecting ourselves to the European Council as well as to the European Parliament is about as humiliating as anybody could imagine. I suppose we are not supposed to say this but it happens to be true: we saved Europe twice in the last 100 years, yet we are now, as a result of this withdrawal agreement and these provisions, subjugating ourselves to the decisions taken by 27 other member states by majority vote.
9.00 pm
I see that the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman is chuntering. Perhaps he would like to come to the Dispatch Box and make his point. No, he is not going to, because he cannot understand what I am talking about, because he has not actually got the competence to do so.
Absolutely; the idea of our subjecting ourselves to the European Council as well as to the European Parliament is about as humiliating as anybody could imagine. I suppose we are not supposed to say this but it happens to be true: we saved Europe twice in the last 100 years, yet we are now, as a result of this withdrawal agreement and these provisions, subjugating ourselves to the decisions taken by 27 other member states by majority vote.
9.00 pm
I see that the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman is chuntering. Perhaps he would like to come to the Dispatch Box and make his point. No, he is not going to, because he cannot understand what I am talking about, because he has not actually got the competence to do so.
I thought I heard him say this last night during the debate on parliamentlive.uk, but now the official record confirms it
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"Chuntering", a new addition to my vocabulary (if I can remember it) (Original Post)
steve2470
Apr 2019
OP
I still like "grumble". "Chuntering" sounds like something you do with cheese.
TreasonousBastard
Apr 2019
#2
SaveOurDemocracy
(4,400 posts)1. Great word!! Can't wait to use the it
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)2. I still like "grumble". "Chuntering" sounds like something you do with cheese.
rzemanfl
(29,554 posts)3. I have been doing that since November 2016 or earlier. Now it has a name.
Harker
(13,985 posts)4. The OED has it as 'chunner' from 1599.
Other variations in history are chounter and chunder.
Thanks for mentioning it. Great fun. I love a new word, especially when it's over 400 years old.