A load of mumbo-jumbo? The wonderful world of reduplicative rhyming words.

Language is about more than just communication. Sometimes it can be really fun!

Have you ever heard of a ‘reduplicative rhyming’ word? You might not be familiar with the term itself, but you’ve certainly heard these words before. In fact, they’re beloved by children and adults alike and are arguably the most fun words to say in the English language!

Has everything got all muddled up? It’s higgledy-piggledly!

Do you procrastinate or delay rather than taking action? Then you dilly-dally!

Visited a pretentious art exhibition where none of the paintings made sense? Sounds very artsy-fartsy!

Did some fussy, petty person tell you off for doing something in a particular way? What a fuddy-duddy!

Do you like the peace and quiet of the countryside? Or perhaps you prefer the helter-skelter of the big city?

Politicians often waste public funds without a second thought. They just spend money willy-nilly.

A fight almost broke out at the game, but thankfully it was nothing serious. Just a bit of argy-bargy.

While the cat’s away, the mice will play. Sometimes they even engage in a bit of hanky-panky…