different between phuck vs brownie

English

Pronunciation

Verb

phuck (third-person singular simple present phucks, present participle phucking, simple past and past participle phucked)

1. (slang) Nonstandard spelling of fuck.
   • 2003, Edward Abbey, David Petersen, Confessions of a barbarian (page 181)

     So now it's four days later and the problem, precisely phrased, is how to get the phucking leg up off the phucking bed. Sweating and cursing, try as I will, I cannot lift that phucking limb.

   • 2008, Steve Gertsch, A Templar's Vows

     “My Lord, you really phucked him up,” said Winola. “I have never seen anything like that before.”

   • 2010, D. B. Moon, Mind Sweeper (page 124)

     He breathed in again and gritted what teeth he had left. When he exhaled, saliva and blood poured out of his mouth, as well as another blood bubble. “Phuck you Natshi!”

English

Etymology

From brown +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?a?ni/
• Rhymes: -a?ni
• Hyphenation: brown?ie

Noun

brownie (plural brownies)

1. (cooking) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
   • 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173,

     […] if she ever found out she was dying, she'd just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.

   • 2005, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, unnumbered page,

     On a Saturday afternoon, my wife bought her favorite treat for dessert that evening, a gourmet, nut-filled brownie.

   • 2005, Steve Otto, Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie, page 228,

     After cooking the brownies until we could smell the pot, we each ate a large brownie.

2. (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
   • 1908, Dinah Craik, The Adventures of A Brownie.
   • 1985, The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 1, page 636,

     Stories were told of a brownie riding horseback to fetch the midwife at childbirth or helping his master to win at checkers.

   • 2004, Justin Hocking, Jeffrey Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher (editors), Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End, page 37,

     There are no brownies in my house, though. I know because there's always a pile of dishes in the sink.

3. (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
4. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
5. (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
6. (informal) The widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.

   Coordinate term: greenie

7. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
8. (ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Arab, Indian or Hispanic descent. Sometimes used for a Native American or Pacific Islander.
9. (US) A girl in the first level of girl scouts.

Derived terms

• chocolate brownie
• hash brownie

Translations

Descendants

• ? French: brownie
• ? German: Brownie

Further reading

• brownie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chocolate brownie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English brownie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?o.ni/, /b??.ni/

Noun

brownie f (plural brownies)

1. brownie (type of small chocolate cake)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English brownie.

Noun

brownie m (definite singular brownien, indefinite plural browniar, definite plural browniane)

1. brownie (type of small chocolate cake)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English brownie.

Noun

brownie m (plural brownies)

1. brownie (type of small chocolate cake)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English brownie.

Noun

brownie m (plural brownies)

1. brownie

Derived terms

• brownie rubia (“blondie”)