Monday, March 10, 2014

The Worthless Word for the Day


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

Here’s a link:

Write soon,
Mary

6 comments:

  1. I suppose the next couple of weeks the landscape will look dunducketty until the grass grows. that was fun.

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  2. Thanks, Linda! I think it's fun, too!

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  3. Love that word. Sounds like something somebody made up. I'm having such a dunducketty day!

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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  4. Well, sorry that describes your day, Pat, but I loved the word, too!

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  5. Said with lots of gusto, that word (or part of it) could sound like a colorful word.

    It's definitely a fun word, Mary. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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  6. That's a new one for me, Mary. It's a funny one!

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