For some reason people are really enjoying Susie Dent’s word of the day today
It’s not unusual for Countdown’s Susie Dent to share a word of the day, but they don’t always get the attention this one generated.
My word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’: a 19th century wooden toy puppet whose limbs jerk about at the whim of the puppet master. It soon became used for a politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) July 17, 2018
Wonder why.
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https://twitter.com/JamieRoss7/status/1019196662089244673
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This is my word of the YEAR
*attempts to get #quockerwodger trending* https://t.co/2i5w00K8bs
— Martyn Lawrence (@MartynLawrence) July 17, 2018
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Can’t Trump that! https://t.co/NVfO1eSFl4
— Jo Fewings (@JoFewings) July 17, 2018
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Much like Trump then… pic.twitter.com/cVd2LUjbbX
— Rob Walker (@llamedos77) July 17, 2018
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Put me through to @YesThatsTheJoke please
— Ed Sinclair (@ItsEdSinclair) July 17, 2018
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My quockerwodgers this week are @alanshearer & @IanWright0 https://t.co/P2ozwtRiOl
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 17, 2018