Wacky Word Wednesday

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Wacky Word Wednesday

October 14, 2015/Judy E Martin

Well, this week I have managed to remember that my ‘Wacky word Wednesday’ feature should actually be posted on Wednesday! I have got a hyphenated word for you this week (sounds posh, but is far from it) which I have heard right from when I was a little girl, and actually now refer to myself as being it, before anyone else gets in!

Cack-handed. This word is very often applied to left-handers such as myself but, is also ham-fisted, heavy-handed. awkward and inept. Someone who is incompetent and incapable. clumsy and cumbersome.

They are butterfingered and burdensome, bungling, and bodging everything up. Graceless and gauche are their middle names, as they barge about their business clomping about like cart horses, breaking things or knocking them over!

Categories: humour, Wacky word WednesdayTags: clumsy, funny, inept, silly, wacky, words

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wafflemethis
October 14, 2015 — 05:20

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Oh yes I know a few of them, I’ve worked with most lol

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 07:00
  
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  Ha! Well, pity the poor sods that have to work with me!
  
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  - wafflemethis
    October 14, 2015 — 08:46
    
    Lol😉
    
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rosemawrites
October 14, 2015 — 05:59

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I am not left-handed but that term made me want to be one! 😀

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Prajakta
October 14, 2015 — 06:20

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This was a new one! I am going to surprise my friend by calling him this 😀

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 07:00
  
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  I am not sure that he will appreciate it though! 🙂
  
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Ritu
October 14, 2015 — 06:52

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Sounds like me Judy!!! Hope you’re feeling better! 😊

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 06:53
  
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  Morning Ritu. I thought you might be able to identify with this one! I am red-nosed and very sneezy this morning! 😦
  
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  - Ritu
    October 14, 2015 — 07:32
    
    Bless you, I am sticky sniffly today too… Hope this is the tail end… Need to be clear before Friday, I meet my baby nephew again for the weekend, they are here from Finland!!
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 14, 2015 — 16:15
    
    Oh how exciting. I hope that you are feeling ok 🙂
    
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  - Ritu
    October 14, 2015 — 22:20
    
    Thanks Judy! The cold seems to be holding off.. I’ve been too busy to give it a chance to be honest… You know what will happen.. I’ll be I’ll the whole of half term, when I can finally let my guard down!
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 15, 2015 — 07:19
    
    Oh, I know what you mean, That always happened to me whenever I had time off, I am hoping mine is well and truly over by half term as I am off as well then 🙂
    
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  - Ritu
    October 15, 2015 — 07:26
    
    Fingers crossed for us both Judy!!!!
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 15, 2015 — 07:27
    
    Yes and everything else! 🙂
    
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  - Ritu
    October 15, 2015 — 07:28
    
    👌🏽
    
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Chris White
October 14, 2015 — 08:02

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Wonderful.

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 16:15
  
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  Thank you 🙂
  
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Erika Kind
October 14, 2015 — 10:41

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I am cack-handed too… everytime I tipe on the touchscreen of my phone… oh it drives me nuts. I have such small fingers… but I am longer at editing than writing!

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 16:20
  
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  Ha Ha! That is funny Erika. I am the same and that is why I have so many typos!
  
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  - Erika Kind
    October 14, 2015 — 17:04
    
    Really? Then I don’t see them… but I see all of mine…. after I clicked on “send”… 😧
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 14, 2015 — 18:51
    
    Ha Ha! Yes, that is usually when I see mine as well 🙂
    
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  - Erika Kind
    October 14, 2015 — 18:54
    
    When it is your post, then you can edit it… but otherwise… oh well. When the typo is too embarrassing I ask the blogger to edit. Once I wanted to write “popped”. Guess what I wrote… “pooped”!!!
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 14, 2015 — 20:10
    
    Ha Ha! Oh, no! I would have done the same and asked the blogger to edit it 🙂
    
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  - Erika Kind
    October 14, 2015 — 21:12
    
    That was necessary… lol!!!
    
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A.PROMPTreply
October 14, 2015 — 13:04

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A most interesting word, Edwina. I haven’t heard this one!

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 16:30
  
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  It is a funny word (especially as cack is an old word for poo)!!!!
  
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jacquelineobyikocha
October 14, 2015 — 15:52

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Interesting word. Now I know something new 😊

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 16:31
  
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  I am glad you liked it! 🙂
  
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  - jacquelineobyikocha
    October 15, 2015 — 10:13
    
    I am going to look for someone to try cack-handed out on 😉
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 15, 2015 — 16:30
    
    They might not be too impressed with being called that though! 🙂
    
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  - jacquelineobyikocha
    October 15, 2015 — 16:34
    
    I agree totally 🙂
    
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Let's CUT the Crap!
October 14, 2015 — 17:49

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Makes me laugh. A new one for me. Cack-handed. Cack-handed. Cack-handed.
Got it. 😀 😀 😀

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 18:52
  
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  Are you cack-handed as well. like me?
  🙂
  
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  - Let's CUT the Crap!
    October 15, 2015 — 00:25
    
    Ha ha ha. No. I am not. In my generation, parents tied their child’s hand behind their backs to force them to use their right hands.
    I was right handed from the start.
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 15, 2015 — 07:21
    
    Oh yes, my dad had that done to him; he ended up ambidextrous!
    I always found it really hard trying to learn to knit and follow patterns that they seem to gear towards right handed people!
    
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  - Let's CUT the Crap!
    October 15, 2015 — 15:44
    
    Yes, I’ve known women who complained for similar reasons: scissors, for instance…
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 15, 2015 — 16:31
    
    Yes, well I have left-handed ones 🙂
    
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  - Let's CUT the Crap!
    October 16, 2015 — 22:59
    
    These products are more easily purchased now for left-handed people?
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 16, 2015 — 23:15
    
    Yes, thankfully!!!! 🙂
    
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  - Let's CUT the Crap!
    October 16, 2015 — 23:31
    
    Whew. I had heard about some over time. Progress, at last. 🙂
    
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Fourth Generation Farmgirl
October 14, 2015 — 20:24

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Thanks for improving my vocabulary–a new word for me. Hope you’re feeling better, Judy! 🙂

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 14, 2015 — 20:25
  
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  Thanks Tonya. Glad to be of service! Feeling really bad today, hopefully will start improving soon 🙂
  
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  - Fourth Generation Farmgirl
    October 14, 2015 — 20:31
    
    I’m really sorry, Judy. Have some chicken soup; studies have actually shown that it helps to fight off a cold or flu. Thinking of you and sending flowers. 😊 🌼🌻🌼🌻
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 14, 2015 — 20:32
    
    Thank you. I love a bit of chicken soup, and I love flowers as well 🙂
    
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Greg
October 15, 2015 — 01:09

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I love this new-to-me word
🙂

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 15, 2015 — 07:22
  
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  Are you cack-handed Greg? 🙂
  
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  - Greg
    October 15, 2015 — 15:33
    
    In the latter sense, yeah, a bit LOL
    
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  - edwinasepisodes (Post author)
    October 15, 2015 — 16:31
    
    Ha! Good. I like it when there are others like me 🙂
    
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Wild Daffodil
October 15, 2015 — 08:17

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I am left-handed too. xx

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Janice
October 17, 2015 — 00:41

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I’m feeling a bit ‘cack-handed’ because I have this challenge invite for you but I realize you are sick and that you are starting a new job. I put you on my list before I realized what was going on and I am reluctant to take you off. The good news is that you can sit on it and wait until things settle down or– just say ‘no’. Its the 3 Day, 3 Quote Challenge. Here’s the link with the invite and the instructions: https://ontheland.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/3-days-3-quotes-challenge-dr-jane-goodall-making-a-difference/ Take care.

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- edwinasepisodes (Post author)
  October 17, 2015 — 08:55
  
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  Hi Janice. Thanks so much for the nomination as this is one of my favourite challenges. I will certainly have a go at it 🙂
  
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  - Janice
    October 17, 2015 — 16:32
    
    Yeah! 😊
    
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edwinasepisodes (Post author)
October 16, 2015 — 21:45

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Ha Ha! You are too cheap Ritu, I would have put a higher price on you. I did it and my niece would sell me for only £400!!!

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