snivel

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The Word of the Day for December 27 is: 

snivel   \SNIV-ul\   verb
     1 a : to run at the nose  b : snuffle 
     2 : to cry or whine with snuffling 
    *3 : to speak or act in a whining, sniffling, tearful, or weakly emotional 
manner 

Example sentence:
     Mom told Jenny to stop sniveling about how mistreated she was and just do 
her chores.

Did you know?
     There's never been anything pretty about sniveling. "Snivel," which 
originally meant simply "to have a runny nose," was probably "snyflan" in Old 
English. It's likely related to "sniffle," not surprisingly, and also to an Old 
English word for mucus, "snofl." It's even related to the Middle Dutch word for 
a cold, "snof," and the Old Norse word for "snout," which is "snoppa." There's 
also a connection to "nan," a Greek verb meaning "flow." Nowadays, we mostly 
use "snivel," as we have since the 1600s, to refer to self-pitying whining, 
whether or not such sniveling is accompanied by unchecked nasal flow. 

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.