Popular reduplications

2022-11-01 11:49

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.

Nitty-gritty - the basics, the main part.

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.

Mumbo-jumbo - nonsense, overly complicated language, something meaningless.

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