ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2023-08-19 07:24 pm

Word of the Day 08/19/23 Ferhoodle

Ferhoodle (verb)
ferhoodle [ fer-hood-l ]


verb (used with object), fer·hoo·dled, fer·hoo·dling. Chiefly Pennsylvania German Area.
1. to confuse or mix up: Don't ferhoodle the things in that drawer.

ORIGIN: From Pennsylvania Dutch verhuddle “to tangle, confuse”; compare German verhudeln “to bungle, botch”

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