And that’s when we began to have the “hunker” down conversation. I think this has become my very favorite phrase in the English language. I love saying it and I especially love hearing news reporters say it over and over and over again. So, after 37 games of Connect Four, I interviewed the family and asked them to give their best live demonstration of what the phrase “hunker down” actually means.
Here are my results…..Marcus first…….is he ‘hunkering’ or boxing?
then Emme……I think she has confused “hunker down” with hip-hop……
then it’s Daddy’s turn……who may have confused “hunker down” with TaeBo……
then there’s me……I always imagined that “hunker-down” involved more provisions than just my own scrunched up body…….at least some sort of cover……
and the smallest child refused to “hunker down” for fear that she wouldn’t ‘know how to do it right’ or for fear that I would ‘blog’ about it…….or both. We looked up the definition. Hunker means to crouch or squat for a long period of time. At any rate, it’s Friday night and we’re hunkered down, eating chocolate chip banana bread and watching Geraldo. Marcus may never want to leave!
