Iffing

"iffing" down a round of five-under-par 68 on the par-73 course Thursday, not kicking himself for three-putting the fifth hole for par and missing the green from 88 yards at the 18th. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I keep What iffing until I know where the story needs to go. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now all I have to do is move past second-guessing and what-iffing myself, and live with it. ❋ Hawkwing_lb (2008)

But even if both parties start out simpatico, such queries typically produce hemming and hawing, iffing and butting and, in the end, demurral. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If I find myself starting to get into "what iffing," I have to go do something else. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I noticed that I felt weak right as the worship started but I did not worry or start what-iffing. ❋ Sheepdip (2002)

I kept on what-iffing and feeling nervous, so finally I decided to tackle my concerns and apply my faith in God to them! ❋ Sheepdip (2002)

They DO have creative writing, but it starts on Jan 16th for 9 weeks, and it feels extremely soon, and there's that voice in my head what-iffing again. ❋ Sheepdip (2002)

So I do a lot of what iffing, or else I expect myself to perform like I used to and grind myself into the floor over not managing to. ❋ Sheepdip (2001)

My mum says I have been what iffing since I was two (when I also started biting my nails and doing "little nervous mannerisms" with my fingers - according to her!). ❋ Sheepdip (2001)

'God help you,' he finally said, 'if you try iffing them about.' ❋ Marks, Leo (1998)

'Look here,' he announced, 'let's stop iffing-about. ❋ Marks, Leo (1998)

It is just as well not to go iffing about such matters. ❋ Rupert Hughes (1914)

BBC News,15 03 2010 Obama's iffing and butting was ABOMINABLE ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

But maybe it was a little bit of what-iffing that led you to peek into cavernous closets and run your fingers over marble baths, rare-wood mantles and imported countertops.

JWH: As many books as the muse gives me and readers are willing to read (aka that Berkley is willing to publish - grin) When I was "what iffing" on the first book, I also wondered about the sea witch's descendants, if the lives of those dark daughters would somehow remain intertwined with that of the Little Mermaid's.

The waiting will be over and the what iffing can begin for whomever loses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Asked what he would do if the conference decided the party should remain in existence, he replied: "I'm not going to do any 'iffing and butting', the people that support the PDs that are members will take a pragmatic decision and a decision that should be right at the end of the day." ❋ Politics In Ireland (2008)