Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Word of the Day ~ Taradiddle

taradiddle or tarradiddle


PRONUNCIATION:
(tar-uh-DID-l)               
MEANING:
noun: 1. A petty lie. 2. Pretentious nonsense.

ETYMOLOGY:
Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1796.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other? -George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (1819-1880)

2 comments:

Ken said...

The Captain I flew with today just happened to be full of taradiddle! He was not afraid to prove it either...what a chowderhead!!

Julia Mist DJune said...

Now there's a GREAT word ~ Chowderhead! Love it & you!