Hey! Check out these popular reduplications that are bound to add a playful touch to your speech
Chit-chat - meaningless chatter.
Being an introvert at heart, I don’t really enjoy small talk or idle chit-chat.
Chit-chat - meaningless chatter.
Being an introvert at heart, I don’t really enjoy small talk or idle chit-chat.
Nitty-gritty - the basics, the main part.
He really concentrates on some nitty-gritty stuff that can be very handy to know.
He really concentrates on some nitty-gritty stuff that can be very handy to know.
Wishy-washy - about a person: lacking determination; about plans, ideas: weak, ineffective.
Others see positive thinking as wishy-washy nonsense which is totally unrealistic.
Others see positive thinking as wishy-washy nonsense which is totally unrealistic.
Mumbo-jumbo - nonsense, overly complicated language, something meaningless.
You don't believe in horoscopes and all that mumbo jumbo, do you?
You don't believe in horoscopes and all that mumbo jumbo, do you?
Hunky-dory - satisfactory, fine.
I just got off the phone with her and we did sort everything out so we're all hunky dory now :) I get a real kick out of using these words
I just got off the phone with her and we did sort everything out so we're all hunky dory now :) I get a real kick out of using these words
