tommyrot

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He drew the line at what he defined as social tommyrot, and he drew it more and more sharply Sometimes Hazel caught herself wondering if they were getting as much out of the holiday as they should have gotten, as they had planned to get when they were struggling through that interminable winter.

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  • Funny how someone like Coulter can say more in a single line than will ever be put across by any amount of turgid tommyrot uttered by pompous faux-conservative blowhards. —  Cold Fury
  • The rapid increase of the habit of talking tommyrot was dwelt upon and the necessity for prompt action was emphasized. —  Lalage's Lovers
  • He drew the line at what he defined as social tommyrot, and he drew it more and more sharply Sometimes Hazel caught herself wondering if they were getting as much out of the holiday as they should have gotten, as they had planned to get when they were struggling through that interminable winter. —  North of Fifty-Three
  • Amy was sympathetic but scarcely helpful It's tommyrot, that's what it is," Amy said with conviction. —  Left Tackle Thayer
  • I realize perfectly that all this sounds like tommyrot, and that superstition may be a relic of barbarism and ignorance. —  A Yankee in the Trenches
 

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  1. Dialectal tommy, fool (from Tommy, nickname for Thomas) + rot.
 

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