Definitions
Etymologies
- Short for diddly-squat (Wiktionary)
- Short for diddlyshit; see diddly-squat. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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'
“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.”
“Slavery was "diddly" indeed ... just how many northern Republicans, the party of Lincoln, men died to keep the Union together?”
“Let's remember Haley BOURBON'S little "diddly" comment this November and give the Republicans "diddly SQUAT" at the polls ......”
“So, slavery didn't amount to "diddly" Governor Barbour?”
“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.”
“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.”
“Just what you expect from this man – the recognition of slavery in the Confederate cause means "diddly".”
“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".”
“We still have institutionalized racism in this country and yet we can't tackle those problems because slavery amounts to "diddly"!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘diddly’.
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Winter's Bone vocabulary
Study list of difficult words from Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone. In reverse order: start at the bottom to see words from the beginning of the novel!
plaid, lazy susan, lope, furtive, dour, scamper, hard-boiled, implacable, dainty, stomp, resignation, crank and 138 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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EN - funny (single) words
"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
Words with funny meaning, spelling or both.barratry, bastinado, bezonian, bibcock, bibliobibuli, biffy, bodewash, boeotian, boondoggle, borborygmic, bosky, brobdingnagian and 729 more...
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Simpsons
words that make me think of The Simpsons
mmmmm, d'oh, excellent, yoink, meh, jebus, okely dokely, diddly, huuuhg, smrt, worst -- ever, yarr and 12 more...
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You Got Nothin'!
Words that mean, well, nothing.
nothing, zero, zip, nada, diddly, squat, jack, zilch, zippo, nil
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