faunch

plural faunches · alternative fauch · alternative fawnch

1. datedslanglifestyleA desire; a yearning.

   Byrne was the best thing about *Man in the Iron Mask*, as far as plot and acting. I do confess a faunch for John Malkovitch, and DiCaprio should be allowed to develop his considerable latent acting abilities.

   1999 January 19, Kathy Routliffe, “Re: Mame”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <36A3FCD4.5097D338@flash.net>

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   Me, I'd caution against a Worldcon as one's first convention for somebody who has such a faunch -- not to the point of avoiding it, if one were handy -- as while there's a lot that's fun at a Worldcon, it tends to be on the largish side, it's fairly easy to get lostish, and in most times and places (at least in the US) there's likely to be a good convention closer in time and space than the next Worldcon.

   2001 September 5, Joel Rosenberg, “Re: Waaaaaaaaaah I wanna go to a Con!”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <huwl7.256335$Jg.32070285@typhoon.kc.rr.com>

present singular third person faunches · participle present faunching · participle past faunched · past faunched · alternative fauch · alternative fawnch

1. USequestrianismTo bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.

   Ecstatic, they faunched and gamboled and I could hardly get them in the traces.

   1986, Jerry Bumpus, Heroes and Villains, →ISBN, The Outdoorsman, page 59

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   Instead of the fine faunching black mare he usually rode he was on a light grey today, a little slower if it came to a run from the Indians or a buffalo stampede, but much less conspicuous against the snow.

   1954, Mari Sandoz, The Buffalo Hunters, published 2008, →ISBN, page 6

2. USchiefly Midland American English and Western American EnglishTo complain; to rant; to rave.

   You won't make nothing the day I die. I'll go out fighting and faunching.

   1943, John B. Sanford, The People from Heaven, published 1995, →ISBN, page 5

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   But on the evening before election, a staunch Democrat who had been on one of our telephone jobs came to my door — just faunching and spluttering.

   1931, Anne Ellis, Plain Anne Ellis, published 1997, →ISBN, page 151

   Right Wingers can rant, stomp, faunch, condemn and mislead all day long and pack the laws with well archestrated^([sic]) bigotry and bias from here til doomsday.

   1998 September 9, Charley L. Walker, Jr., “Don't be misled...”, in austin.general (Usenet), message-ID <6t6vjo$gj8$1@juliana.sprynet.com>

3. USchiefly Midland American English and Western American EnglishTo worry; to be eager; to show impatience.

   Licking his fingers, Pat buckled on his white helmet and went to work. Wilkinson's relieving elevens were always faunching to go into action anyhow.

   2003, Harold Keith, Forty-Seven Straight, →ISBN, page 166

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   Rather than have me fidget and faunch while waiting in line (I'd neglected to bring a book) my wife sent me off to the music store with her blessing, with the promise to send our daughter Celia to fetch me when we finally got our table an hour later.

   1998 June 2, Wade Hampton Miller, “There's a nice archtop for sale at Downtown Disney”, in rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic (Usenet), message-ID <1998060219431000.PAA29427@ladder01.news.aol.com>

4. datedslanglifestyleTo desire; to yearn; to covet.

   He is a young fellow, not long out of adolescence, who faunches to set the world on fire but isn't sure how to go about it.

   1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Joe Fann/Jophan

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   I've long faunched for these, and they turned out to be better constructed than I expected, and even included a padded carry bag.

   1996 January, Eric Lindsay, Gegenschein, number 73, Winter Convention Trip in the USA, June 1994

   One thing you will learn *very* quickly is that, while you can do a very broad range of photography indeed with cheap equipment, there is *always* some very expensive toy you faunch over that will let you do something a little bit better.

   2003 May 9, David Dyer-Bennet, “Re: Should I upgrade my camera?”, in rec.photo.digital (Usenet), message-ID <m2of2bigf2.fsf@gw.dd-b.net>