Sunday 17 January 2016

Wattley

Wattley: adjective. When something is wattley, it looks or acts like a wattle - the little fleshy bit hanging from the chins of animals such as chicken or cassowaries. The word wattley can be used literally and figuratively. For example, someone's chin might be called wattley in the literal sense if it can be taken and flapped about in an amusing fashion. On the other hand, the word wattley can also be applied figuratively to a person who is indecisive or ambivalent, to use the technical term: wishy-washy.

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