sockdologizing
Ambiguous term of abuseAmbiguous term of abuse; scheming.
Meaning
1 senses(nonce word, not comparable)Ambiguous term of abuse; scheming.
Origin
Nonce word, from sockdolager + -ize + -ing. Coined 1858 by Tom Taylor for the play Our AmeNonce word, from sockdolager + -ize + -ing. Coined 1858 by Tom Taylor for the play Our American Cousin. Taylor presumably learned sockdolager from Dictionary of Americanisms (1848) by John Russell Bartlett and used it to evoke Americanness in his play’s title character.
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