Word of the Day: HURKLE DURKLE

To leisurely lounge or linger in bed

hurkle durkle (verb) - to linger or lounge in a comfortable bed long past your scheduled waking time

BREAKDOWN: The 19th-century Scottish term hurkle durkle is having a 21st-century moment, thanks to–of course–social media. Hurkle durkle traces back at least to 1808 and is based on the word hurkle meaning to huddle, crouch, or draw in one’s body for warmth or secrecy. Hurkle itself may derive from Dutch or Old Norse. The durkle part may just be playful reduplicative rhyme.

"I do be hurkling and I do be durkling, and once I've hurkled my last durkle in a given morning, I will get up" –Kira Kosarin

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