Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See fung-hwang.

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  • noun rare Fungus.

Etymologies

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Anglicization of fungus.

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Examples

  • When you eat the offspring of these unfortunate hens, you are not eating an egg: you are eating what I call a fung-egg, an egg combined with the fungus and synthetic hormones and antibiotics that comprise it.

    Natalia Rose: What We Eat Today: Cardboard Carrots, Inedible Eggs, and Corn-fed Fish 2010

  • Sesheron, - You're right. the phone kills the fung shui for me too ... but it's a ncessary evil.

    The Serene Workspace | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • “Ju zhe cheng xing, san zhe cheng feng” pronounced jü juh chung shing, sahn juh chung fung means energy accumulates to form a shape; energy dissipates just like wind flowing away.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

  • “Ju zhe cheng xing, san zhe cheng feng” pronounced jü juh chung shing, sahn juh chung fung means energy accumulates to form a shape; energy dissipates just like wind flowing away.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

  • “Ju zhe cheng xing, san zhe cheng feng” pronounced jü juh chung shing, sahn juh chung fung means energy accumulates to form a shape; energy dissipates just like wind flowing away.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

  • The Hong Kong-born political economist Ho-fung Hung goes further: he describes the communist state as "America's head servant": reliant on the US to buy its exports and then to sell it dollar-based assets.

    Is China really the new superpower on the block? Aditya Chakrabortty 2010

  • That too is a great read for more info in the fung… I mean NASCAR mascot.

    This is Digger on Fox and The Pre-Planning Goof by Fox 2010

  • Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal " One night we painted our bedroom ceiling pink because I read something about it being fung shui but then we woke the next morning and it was like we were in a womb, " said Mr. Thibeault.

    Gramercy Park Paint-Job 2010

  • But today, you are much more likely to find cardboard carrots, fung-eggs, and corn-fish.

    Natalia Rose: What We Eat Today: Cardboard Carrots, Inedible Eggs, and Corn-fed Fish 2010

  • “Ju zhe cheng xing, san zhe cheng feng” pronounced jü juh chung shing, sahn juh chung fung means energy accumulates to form a shape; energy dissipates just like wind flowing away.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

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