Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small or worthless amount.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
amount of noworth . - noun slang
penis - interjection A written representation of a
trill sound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small worthless amount
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not to acknowledge the brutal component of slavery as the central issue in the American Civil War and for you to state that the omission amounts to 'diddly'; is a lot like the Nazi's refusing to acknowledge the holocaust.
Gov: Concern over slavery omission 'doesn't amount to diddly' 2010
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Haley Barbour's "diddly" characterization (April 12 article, "Barbour: Confederacy flap not worth 'diddly'") is a blithe dismissal of even the mention of slavery when the "noble heritage of the Confederacy" is memorialized.
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How about if we sell Barbour and let him work in the cotton fields for free and then his owners, throw him in shack, whip himup and lets see if its "diddly".
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So, slavery didn't amount to "diddly" Governor Barbour?
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We still have institutionalized racism in this country and yet we can't tackle those problems because slavery amounts to "diddly"!
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Just what you expect from this man – the recognition of slavery in the Confederate cause means "diddly".
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Let's remember Haley BOURBON'S little "diddly" comment this November and give the Republicans "diddly SQUAT" at the polls ......
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To then make it sound as if it weren't "diddly" takes an even more foolish stance because of the huge problems with racism and Jim Crow in this nation after 1865.
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Slavery was "diddly" indeed ... just how many northern Republicans, the party of Lincoln, men died to keep the Union together?
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There is nothing wrong with noting the Confederacy; but to omit a principle cause of the civil war and reduce it to "diddly" is bad.
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