Superior Person's Word of the Week!

Yirn v. To whine; to pout, or show petulance by facial grimaces. Pronounced the same as yearn. “My husband is an idealist; he’s always yirning for something.”

Little kids are notorious for yirning when they want their parents to give them sweets.

Each Tuesday (for the most part...), we’ll offer up a Superior Word for the edification of our Superior Readers, via the volumes of the inimitable Peter Bowler. You can purchase all or any of the four Superior Person’s Books of Words from the Godine website. Yirn appears in the First.