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Weird Word Wednesdays: Cattywampus, taradiddle and widdershins

For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s look at three, funny-sounding words: cattywampus, taradiddle and widdershins.

Merriam-webster.com recently featured these in its list of Top 10 Funny-Sounding & Interesting Words.

Sprinkle these into your next conversations and see how people react.

cattywampus

Pronunciation: [ kat-ee-wom-puhs, kat-uh- ]

Part of speech: Adjective/adverb

Definition: Askew, catty cornered/diagonally.

Language origin: English, chiefly Southern U.S.

taradiddle

Pronunciation: [ tar-uh-did-l ]

Part of speech: Noun

Definition: Small fib or lie; pretentious nonsense.

Language origin: Uncertain

widdershins

Pronunciation: [ (ˈwɪdəˌʃɪnz, Scottish ˈwɪdər-) ]

Part of speech: Adverb

Definition: Counter-clockwise.

Language origin: German

Source: #Merriam-Webster.com #Dictionary.com #weirdwordwednesdays

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