hurkle-durkle
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She [Devrie Brynn] went on to note that she isn't being "lazy" or "wasting her day" when she hurkle-durkles. Instead, she sees it as practicing an "ancestral rite of passage" while "connecting with her culture and heritage." And honestly, her speech is inspiring."
- "The study, published in the Journal of Sleep Research, found that people who snoozed regularly got additional sleep and were more cognitively alert upon waking, despite the disturbed sleep. So hurkle-durkle to your heart's desire — it's self-care, after all."
- "Whether you want to huddle under the blankets and hurkle-durkle — or, like some TikTok users, you just seem to enjoy gleefully saying the phrase — the trend is a reminder that it's OK to reclaim a bit of leisure time."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Norse herpa? Middle English -elen Scots -le Scots hurkle Scots hurkle-durklebor. English hurkle-durkle Borrowed from Scots hurkle-durkle (“to lounge in bed”), from hurkle. The term was introduced into English after lexicographer Susie Dent began spreading awareness of the term in 2015, and went viral on TikTok in 2024.