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I was listening to a local talk radio show in my car a few weeks ago and the topic was “hurkle-durkle.” The hosts described it as a time to briefly lie around in bed (awake) before rising and starting your day. People were calling in to discuss the pros and cons. Mostly everyone seemed to be having fun just saying hurkle-durkle in every possible way. “Once I’ve hurkled my last durkle, I have to get up and feed the cat.”
I missed the beginning of the show, so I didn’t hear where the term came from or why they were talking about it, but I’ve since googled and learned that it’s a 200-year old verb meaning “to lie in bed or lounge about when one should be up and about.” It comes from Scotland (no surprise!) and apparently TikTok brought it back.
In any case, I’m PRO hurkle-durkle, but not for a full hour. I like about 20 minutes of hurkle-durkle. Typically I do a couple of in-bed yoga stretches, before launching my feet onto the floor. I like to do Apanasana (one or both knees to chest) to stretch out my lower back.
I wonder what word the Scots would come up with for a stretching/yoga hurkle-durkle? I’ve got nothing.
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Quite a word! I am a fan of lying in bed before getting up.
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😀
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Get up hahahaha, hurkle-durkle🤣✌
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Great word. Todays challenge is to slip it into two separate
conversations. Good Luck!
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Haha! I will try 😄
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First of all, how can you not smile just saying hurkle durkle. That is such a great phrase! I’ve never heard of this before. I can’t wait to slip it into a conversation and watch people’s reaction!
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I know! I now think of it in bed when I wake up and it makes me smile. 😊 have not used it in a conversation yet, but will try to work it in.
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I actually don’t hurkle durkle. Well, maybe I do for about 5 minutes or so. I like the idea of a few stretches. Maybe I’ll give it a try.
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I like the Hurkle-Durkle but it seems that leg cramps replace this and I am jumping out of bed, bummer
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I know what you mean. I sometimes get foot cramps and the only remedy is to get my foot onto a hard, flat floor quickly. People say eating bananas helps.
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Learned something new! Love it! Is there a word like hurkle durkle for getting into bed for twenty minutes a few hours before actual bedtime? Cause I do that often. 🙂
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I learned something new, and it’s so fun to say! I also do the knees to chest stretches for my back now and it feels good. Cheers to hurkle-durkle! 🙂
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Yay! 😃thanks Lauren
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