pennying

pennying

English

Verb

pennying

1. present participle of penny

Noun

pennying (countable and uncountable, plural pennyings)

1. (uncountable, Oxbridge slang) The activity of pennying in general, as part of a meal or drinking game, whereby dropping a penny in a person's drink means that they must finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.
   • 2010, Eleanor Dickinson & Andrew Georgiou, 'Pennying' declared illegal (in The Cambridge Student, October 28, 2010)

     The game, in which participants must ‘save the queen' by downing their drink if a penny is dropped into it, is already banned in most dining halls. However, the revelation that permitting pennying is now a criminal offence may mean that even stricter policies will now be enforced.

2. (countable, Oxbridge slang, uncommon) An act of pennying, as part of a meal or drinking game.