'Quockerwodger': Whom Is Tharoor Targeting with His Latest Wordplay?
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'Quockerwodger': Whom is Tharoor targeting with his latest wordplay?
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has once again introduced a rare English word, "quockerwodger," to social media, defining it as a "political puppet." He used the term to criticise the ruling party, suggesting they have "spawned a few of these." Tharoor has a history of using obscure words like 'allodoxaphobia', 'farrago', and 'troglodyte' to make political points and engage social media users.
Quockerwodger': Tharoor takes dig at govt with 'word of our era'
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for throwing rarely-used and often difficult-to-pronounce English words into the X lexicon, on Sunday. Spetember 20, shared what he called the “word of our era” — “quockerwodger”. Tharoor, the MP from Thiruvananthapuram, also shared its meaning and took a dig at the government. “‘Quockerwodger’ — A political puppet, a person who is controlled by someone else and acts on their instructions,” Tharoo…
'Quockerwodger is the word of our era': Shashi Tharoor’s latest vocabulary lesson comes with a political jab
A 19th-century English slang term, ‘quockerwodger’ originally referred to a wooden toy puppet - a jointed figure whose arms and legs jerk or dance when manipulated by strings.
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is introducing rarely used and difficult to pronounce English words, said, 'Our...
Shashi Tharoor’s ‘Quockerwodger’: What Does the Rare Word Mean and Why Did He Take a Dig at the Government?
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