I LOVE words! I think language is the best part of being a human. There's nothing as good as taking a new word and rolling it around the inside of my mouth and feeling how it tastes.
Todays word;
Jiggery-pokery; (jig-er-ee-po-ker-ee)
The origin of this word seems to come from Scots dialect; joukery-pawkery, jouk - to dodge and pawk - to trick.
So jiggery-pokery is tricking someone by being dodgy, eluding the truth, maybe not telling all the truth.
Some examples of jiggery-pokery...
If a person is skulking around the neighborhood, hiding behind garbage cans, peeking around corners, one might ask what jiggery-pokery that person was up to!
Todays word;
Jiggery-pokery; (jig-er-ee-po-ker-ee)
The origin of this word seems to come from Scots dialect; joukery-pawkery, jouk - to dodge and pawk - to trick.
So jiggery-pokery is tricking someone by being dodgy, eluding the truth, maybe not telling all the truth.
Some examples of jiggery-pokery...
If a person is skulking around the neighborhood, hiding behind garbage cans, peeking around corners, one might ask what jiggery-pokery that person was up to!
The Artful Dodger was up to jiggery-pokery, as was his idol, Fagan!
Henry Higgins was guilty of jiggery-pokery!
What's your favorite word this week?
2 comments:
Oh, this is certainly a fun one to say! I'll have to find a way to sneak it into conversation sometime! And...You used shots from two of my favorite movies!! I LOVE musicals!
This was definitely a new one for me :) I agree with Jill, this was a fun word to say.
Thanks for sharing with Roses of Inspiration. Hugs!
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