ponting

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ponting

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From the name of Herbert George Ponting, photographer on Scott's 1910-13 expedition.

noun pontings

the act of posing until nearly frozen in all sorts of uncomfortable positions. The whale incident had, of course, inspired numerous quips about Jonah ... This latest mishap revived all the former quizzing about the evil-eye propensities of my camera, and I was once again the butt for no end of twittering about the peril of "ponting" for Ponko... the more I protested... the mor

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"ponting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ponting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"ponting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ponting.

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@misc{ponting_2026,
  title = {ponting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ponting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}