Saturday, July 26, 2008

taradiddle |ˈtarəˈdɪd(ə)l| (also tarradiddle)

He walks despondently, head held low, arm held lower.
He raises his good arm, in it he clutches a bundle of tissue paper.

"Two dollar only, can help to buy?" he said in his raspy accented voice.

Amidst the background noise, a cell phone rings. He reaches instinctively for his belt.
He withdraws his hand to reveal a handphone.

"Harlow?"

I walked way disappointedly.

taradiddle |ˈtarəˈdɪd(ə)l| (also tarradiddle)
noun informal chiefly Brit.
a petty lie.
• pretentious nonsense.

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