"hurkle-durkle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hurkle-durkles [present, singular, third-person], hurkle-durkling [participle, present], hurkle-durkled [participle, past], hurkle-durkled [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots hurkle-durkle (“to lounge in bed”), from hurkle. The term was revived from obscurity by lexicographer Susie Dent in 2015, and was popularized on TikTok in 2024. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|sco|hurkle-durkle||to lounge in bed|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Scots hurkle-durkle (“to lounge in bed”), {{bor+|en|sco|hurkle-durkle|t=to lounge in bed}} Borrowed from Scots hurkle-durkle (“to lounge in bed”), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{en-verb|nolinkhead=1}} hurkle-durkle (third-person singular simple present hurkle-durkles, present participle hurkle-durkling, simple past and past participle hurkle-durkled)
  1. (Internet slang, intransitive) To lounge in bed for an excessive period of time; to bed rot. Wikipedia link: Susie Dent, Twitter Tags: Internet, intransitive

Inflected forms

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