NC for this one, as it's a teensy bit outing - you just might guess my real name. Well, my first name, anyway.
I've just come across the expression “to be wendied”. Never heard it before, so I googled it, and came across three different definitions!
- You introduce a new friend to your friends and she turns them against you.
- Some-one calms you down when you're angry.
- You are subjected to a hectoring lecture deluging you with facts.
Which is it?! Will the real meaning please stand up!
Number (3) might be named after Wendy Alexander the Scottish politician. But if it's (1) or (2), then why? How did the name Wendy come to mean that?
Must admit I'd quite like to it to be (2) …...