Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

how are you diddling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: how are y-ou -did-dling
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

How are you doing?

British usage; Colloquial; Dated; Humorous

Example Sentences

"Repeats many sentences and hundreds of words, including the following: […] “Hello, are you working? How are you diddling?”"
"Hello old 'un, how you diddling?"
"Yo yo yo. How are you diddling then? And wasn't Zoe fantastic this morning?"

Etymology

Popularised by comedian Ken Dodd (1927–2018).

Usage

Questions

What does how are you diddling mean?: How are you doing?
Where does how are you diddling come from?: Popularised by comedian Ken Dodd (1927–2018).

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