cacklefart

a hen’s egg

TRANSLATION

cacklefart = ein Hühnerei

STATISTICS

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cacklefart (UK), cackleberry (US & Australia)
noun - old fashioned, humorous

- a hen’s egg used for food


ORIGIN

The verb “cackle” imitative of the noise of a hen, is from the early 13th century. The noun “cackle” is from the 1670s. Cacklefarts and cackleberries (slang for “eggs”) were first recorded in the late-19th century.


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It’s an interesting fact that English contains many more negative words than positive ones. I counted 648 synonyms for the word BAD, but only 282 for the word GOOD!

Our happiest words are those that make us smile, allowing us to laugh, also at ourselves.

There are marvelous words in the English lexicon,… just waiting to be discovered and reinstated.


SYNONYMS
for a laugh or cry indicating amusement or hilarity

peal of laughter, shriek of laughter, roar of laughter, hoot of laughter, gales of laughter, giggle, laugh, snigger, snicker, chuckle, titter, CACKLE, chortle, laughter, cachinnation, guffaw, twitter, horselaugh, hee-haw, belly laugh, roar, shriek, chuckling, simper, howling, tee-hee, giggling, hilarity, crack-up, ha-ha, hearty laugh, half-suppressed laugh, deep laugh, amusement, merriment, glee, mirth, good one, cry of mirth, hysterics, fits, convulsions, har-de-har, gas, bundle of laughs, bundle of fun, inward laughter, bellow of laughter, howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, knee-slapper, rib tickler


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