A basic skill set of primitive bushcraft, batoning is the act of splitting a larger piece of wood with an edged weapon (usually a fixed blade knife such as a bowie) by hammering the knife through with another piece of wood in the manner of a hammer or mallet.
As the sun was setting, the temperature was plummeting. The group had to start a fire quickly. Jane, the group's leader, had already begun to chop down large branches with an axe. She began batoning the large logs into smaller, manageable branches and twigs with her bowie hunting knife.
Baroning is the act of casually lying by inventing stories or modifying existing ones.
Baroning probably has its origins in Latin America and became a worldwide phenomenon in late 2018.
The word is derived from the famous German Baron Münchhausen (1720-1797), a guy that casually lied his way around. His most famous thief pistols (for definition see urban dictionary) were:
- riding on a canon ball over the enemy lines, scouting their positions, and then casually stepping over onto an oncoming cannon ball in the opposite direction to return to his groups
Spanish: baronear
German: baroning
English: "He really baroned his way out of this story when his wife asked him about his whereabouts last night."
"She said she can't make it tonight, because there's a problem with the door lock" - "sounds like classic baroning to me"
Spanish: Esta chica colombiana está baroneando muchísimo últimamente, es una verdadera pistolera de ladrón