"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Friday, 14 August 2009

Doddle

 
I was surprised the other day when the spellchecker rejected the word 'doddle'. I put it into Google (define: doddle) and sure enough got the meaning I expected - A job, task or other activity that is simple or easy to complete. But there was only one dictionary displayed and it seems that it is not in common usage. Perhaps life generally is becoming less of a doddle nowadays!!
 
Posted by at
Labels:

1 comment:

  1. Graham Edwards14 August 2009 at 08:15

    Well I am as surprised as you were. As it's a word I use a lot perhaps it is another of those family words we share.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)