suspire

"Franky, Franky... what am I gonna do wit' you?" Fat Tony suspired again, shaking his head sadly. Franky started hyperventilating.

suspire

(verb)

to utter with long sighs.

"I told you over and over again that the green bag was for recycling and the pink bag was the child's birthday present. What is the child going to do with empty milk bottles, egg cartons and newspapers?" she suspired, while rolling her eyes and wondering whether they could get the Barbie palace back from the recycling depot, or whether it had already found a new owner in a wide-eyed recyclist who was now puzzling over who would recycle a brand new Barbie palace still in its original, non-recyclable packaging.

prandicle

(noun) small meal

Suspended between horror and hunger, Ethel stared at the small collection of lumps in pastel colours. Then her tummy gurgled again and hunger won. She distracted herself with memories of the holiday and made short work of the airplane prandicle.