No need to get all wounded up, weather, it blows like the wind, or is winded like a clock.
The first “wind” is as in “I donned my wind-breaker because the weather was windy”. In this context, a “long-winded response” would be one in which the speaker had to inhale quite a bit to speak, a long wind!
The second “wind” is as in “I wound up the toy car and, when I released it, it zoomed all the way to the other side of the room”. In this context, a “long-winded response” is one that metaphorically winded the coils that make the speaker go.
You sure about this?
I was quite sure when I originally posted.
Then someone said it’s “wound” and not “winded”, but the dictionary said either is fine.
Then you asked me if I was sure. And now I’m not so sure.
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You don’t mean “etymological sense”; only one of these is the correct etymology
Fair enough. I can’t think of a punchy way of saying what I mean. Do you know what I mean? And how could I have said it?
I’d just leave the word out! Or maybe “kind of”. Or “semantic” is an option but I’m not sure about it.
Wind as in the weather phenomenon.
It’s pronounced “wind”. Duh.
This is you standard high quality shower thought right here. I’m a big fan.
