hurkle-durkle

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === === Verb === hurkle-durkle (third-person singular simple present hurkle-durkles, present participle hurkle-durkling, simple past and past participle hurkle-durkled) (Internet slang, intransitive) To lounge in bed for an excessive period of time; to bed rot. === References === == Scots == === Etymology === From hurkle by rhyming reduplication. === Verb === hurkle-durkle (third-person singular simple present hurkle-durkles, present participle hurkle-durklein, simple past and past participle hurkle-durklet) lounge in bed, bed rot ==== Descendants ==== → English: hurkle-durkle