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- noun Northern England Alternative spelling of
girning .
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Examples
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A gurn, or gurning is the ancient English art of pulling very silly faces.
Boing Boing 2009
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David Tennant has returned to acting, not shouting and gurning, which is a good thing, and Donna has properly settled down now.
Doctor Who - The Doctor's Daughter annawaits 2008
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Originated at Egremont Crab Fair in 1297 (named after apples not custaceans) after Henry III granted this apple variety a royal charter, 'gurning' was born from expressions caused by the bitterness of the apples.
Lily Bevan: Dwyle Flunking, Cheese Rolling & Face Gurning ... Halloween Alternatives From the UK Lily Bevan 2010
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Originated at Egremont Crab Fair in 1297 (named after apples not custaceans) after Henry III granted this apple variety a royal charter, 'gurning' was born from expressions caused by the bitterness of the apples.
Lily Bevan: Dwyle Flunking, Cheese Rolling & Face Gurning ... Halloween Alternatives From the UK Lily Bevan 2010
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Originated at Egremont Crab Fair in 1297 (named after apples not custaceans) after Henry III granted this apple variety a royal charter, 'gurning' was born from expressions caused by the bitterness of the apples.
Lily Bevan: Dwyle Flunking, Cheese Rolling & Face Gurning ... Halloween Alternatives From the UK Lily Bevan 2010
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Originated at Egremont Crab Fair in 1297 (named after apples not custaceans) after Henry III granted this apple variety a royal charter, 'gurning' was born from expressions caused by the bitterness of the apples.
Lily Bevan: Dwyle Flunking, Cheese Rolling & Face Gurning ... Halloween Alternatives From the UK Lily Bevan 2010
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Originated at Egremont Crab Fair in 1297 (named after apples not custaceans) after Henry III granted this apple variety a royal charter, 'gurning' was born from expressions caused by the bitterness of the apples.
Lily Bevan: Dwyle Flunking, Cheese Rolling & Face Gurning ... Halloween Alternatives From the UK Lily Bevan 2010
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Originated at Egremont Crab Fair in 1297 (named after apples not custaceans) after Henry III granted this apple variety a royal charter, 'gurning' was born from expressions caused by the bitterness of the apples.
Lily Bevan: Dwyle Flunking, Cheese Rolling & Face Gurning ... Halloween Alternatives From the UK Lily Bevan 2010
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Originated at Egremont Crab Fair in 1297 (named after apples not custaceans) after Henry III granted this apple variety a royal charter, 'gurning' was born from expressions caused by the bitterness of the apples.
Lily Bevan: Dwyle Flunking, Cheese Rolling & Face Gurning ... Halloween Alternatives From the UK Lily Bevan 2010
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Originated at Egremont Crab Fair in 1297 (named after apples not custaceans) after Henry III granted this apple variety a royal charter, 'gurning' was born from expressions caused by the bitterness of the apples.
Lily Bevan: Dwyle Flunking, Cheese Rolling & Face Gurning ... Halloween Alternatives From the UK Lily Bevan 2010
vanishedone commented on the word gurning
Not truly obscure - there are world championships, even - but sadly overshadowed by boringly conventional types of contest. To gurn is to contort one's face.
June 30, 2008
sionnach commented on the word gurning
Online gurning competition
Winner gets a Cumbrian facial pack!
July 18, 2008
YeOldeWorde commented on the word gurning
Jim Carrey built his entire career on this.
March 20, 2012
TankHughes commented on the word gurning
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-globalized-jitters-penny
Nov 2017
"The gurning batrachian monster that crawled out of the mordant id of mass society to squat in the Oval Office was a symptom of our collective neurosis before he was a cause."
November 28, 2017