For all you word nerds out there, I want to share a link to the “worthless word for the day.” I was looking up the definition of macroverbumsciolist, (more on that later) and in my search came across this website. I love it!
Today’s word
is dunducketty.
the
worthless word for the day is: dunducketty
[fr. dun + duck(?)]
Brit. colloq. or dial., in phr. dunducketty mud-colour
of a dull, drab color
[fr. dun + duck(?)]
Brit. colloq. or dial., in phr. dunducketty mud-colour
of a dull, drab color
Here’s a link:
Write soon,
Mary
I suppose the next couple of weeks the landscape will look dunducketty until the grass grows. that was fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda! I think it's fun, too!
ReplyDeleteLove that word. Sounds like something somebody made up. I'm having such a dunducketty day!
ReplyDeletePat
Critter Alley
Well, sorry that describes your day, Pat, but I loved the word, too!
ReplyDeleteSaid with lots of gusto, that word (or part of it) could sound like a colorful word.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a fun word, Mary. Thanks for sharing it with us.
That's a new one for me, Mary. It's a funny one!
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