diddly-squatn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌdɪdlɪˈskwɒt/,

/ˌdɪdl̩ɪˈskwɒt/,

/ˈdɪdlɪskwɒt/,

/ˈdɪdl̩ɪskwɒt/, U.S.

/ˈdɪdliˌskwɑt/,

/ˈdɪdl̩iˌskwɑt/

Forms: 1900s– diddley-squat, 1900s– diddly-squat, 1900s– didilly-squat.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: doodly-squat at squat n.⁴

Etymology: Alteration (probably euphemistic) of doodly-squat at squat n.⁴, probably after diddly adj.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

A. n.

As a count noun: a thing of little value or significance; esp. in not to give a diddly-squat. As a mass noun: nothing at all; (in negative constructions) anything. Cf. doodly-squat at squat n.⁴

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all

noughtOE

neither tip nor toe1610

nix1781

damn the haet1787

no nothing1815

zero1823

all1842

neither hide nor hair1857

zip1900

nixie1906

damn all1910

fuck-all1916

Fanny Adams1919

bugger-all1921

S.F.A.1933

not a sausage1938

shit1949

zilch1956

eff-all1958

sod all1958

diddly-squat1963

diddly1964

jack-all1965

niente1969

zippo1973

feck-all1975

hee-haw1975

naff all1977

jack squat1986

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial

gnatc1000

ball play?c1225

smalla1250

triflec1290

fly1297

child's gamec1380

motec1390

mitec1400

child's playc1405

trufferyc1429

toyc1450

curiosity1474

fly-winga1500

neither mass nor matins1528

boys' play1538

nugament1543

knack?1544

fable1552

nincety-fincety1566

mouse1584

molehill1590

coot1594

scoff1594

nidgery1611

pin matter1611

triviality1611

minuity1612

feathera1616

fillip1621

rattle1622

fiddlesticka1625

apex1625

rush candle1628

punctilio1631

rushlight1635

notchet1637

peppercorn1638

petty John1640

emptiness1646

fool-fangle1647

nonny-no1652

crepundian1655

fly-biting1659

pushpin1660

whinny-whanny1673

whiffle1680

straw1692

two and a plack1692

fiddle1695

trivial1715

barley-strawa1721

nothingism1742

curse1763

nihility1765

minutia1782

bee's knee1797

minutiae1797

niff-naff1808

playwork1824

floccinaucity1829

trivialism1830

chicken feed1834

nonsensical1842

meemaw1862

infinitesimality1867

pinfall1868

fidfad1875

flummadiddle1882

quantité négligeable1885

quotidian1902

pipsqueak1905

hickey1909

piddle1910

cream puff1920

squat1934

administrivia1937

chickenshit1938

cream puff1938

diddly-squat1963

non-issue1965

Tinkertoy1972

1963 T. Doulis Path for our Valor 274 No skin off my ass, as the man says..who gives a diddly-squat?

1972 National Lampoon Aug. 60 So many of the candidates..just don't know didilly squat.

1983 Washington Post 24 Oct. c6/2 Nobody except his family and friends..seems to give a diddly squat about..[him] as a human being.

1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay xxii. 258 My funds are depleting fast, I've got diddley-squat to live on.

1994 Loaded Sept. 37/1 There won't be diddley squat going on in the city today.

B. adj.

Insignificant; trifling.

ΚΠ

1985 National Rev. 4 Oct. 48/3 It's stupid, because the argument—that Grenada was a flop, and Bush won't admit it—rests on such diddley-squat evidence.

1989 C. Stoll Cuckoo's Egg xx. 103 Eight-bit and sixteen-bit computers are diddlysquat machines; the thirty-two-bit systems are the biggies.

1992 E. Goudge Such Devoted Sisters ii. 312 The dipshit who ran the health club..was..always ragging his ass about some diddly-squat thing.

2000 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 10 Dec. a1 The shock of energy bills crosses all income levels. ‘There isn't a diddly squat thing I can do about it, except pay it,’ barked Don.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diddly-squat
释义	diddly-squatn.adj. Brit. /ˌdɪdlɪˈskwɒt/, /ˌdɪdl̩ɪˈskwɒt/, /ˈdɪdlɪskwɒt/, /ˈdɪdl̩ɪskwɒt/, U.S. /ˈdɪdliˌskwɑt/, /ˈdɪdl̩iˌskwɑt/ Forms: 1900s– diddley-squat, 1900s– diddly-squat, 1900s– didilly-squat. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: doodly-squat at squat n.⁴ Etymology: Alteration (probably euphemistic) of doodly-squat at squat n.⁴, probably after diddly adj. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A. n. As a count noun: a thing of little value or significance; esp. in not to give a diddly-squat. As a mass noun: nothing at all; (in negative constructions) anything. Cf. doodly-squat at squat n.⁴ ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > nothing > nothing at all noughtOE neither tip nor toe1610 nix1781 damn the haet1787 no nothing1815 zero1823 all1842 neither hide nor hair1857 zip1900 nixie1906 damn all1910 fuck-all1916 Fanny Adams1919 bugger-all1921 S.F.A.1933 not a sausage1938 shit1949 zilch1956 eff-all1958 sod all1958 diddly-squat1963 diddly1964 jack-all1965 niente1969 zippo1973 feck-all1975 hee-haw1975 naff all1977 jack squat1986 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial gnatc1000 ball play?c1225 smalla1250 triflec1290 fly1297 child's gamec1380 motec1390 mitec1400 child's playc1405 trufferyc1429 toyc1450 curiosity1474 fly-winga1500 neither mass nor matins1528 boys' play1538 nugament1543 knack?1544 fable1552 nincety-fincety1566 mouse1584 molehill1590 coot1594 scoff1594 nidgery1611 pin matter1611 triviality1611 minuity1612 feathera1616 fillip1621 rattle1622 fiddlesticka1625 apex1625 rush candle1628 punctilio1631 rushlight1635 notchet1637 peppercorn1638 petty John1640 emptiness1646 fool-fangle1647 nonny-no1652 crepundian1655 fly-biting1659 pushpin1660 whinny-whanny1673 whiffle1680 straw1692 two and a plack1692 fiddle1695 trivial1715 barley-strawa1721 nothingism1742 curse1763 nihility1765 minutia1782 bee's knee1797 minutiae1797 niff-naff1808 playwork1824 floccinaucity1829 trivialism1830 chicken feed1834 nonsensical1842 meemaw1862 infinitesimality1867 pinfall1868 fidfad1875 flummadiddle1882 quantité négligeable1885 quotidian1902 pipsqueak1905 hickey1909 piddle1910 cream puff1920 squat1934 administrivia1937 chickenshit1938 cream puff1938 diddly-squat1963 non-issue1965 Tinkertoy1972 1963 T. Doulis Path for our Valor 274 No skin off my ass, as the man says..who gives a diddly-squat? 1972 National Lampoon Aug. 60 So many of the candidates..just don't know didilly squat. 1983 Washington Post 24 Oct. c6/2 Nobody except his family and friends..seems to give a diddly squat about..[him] as a human being. 1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay xxii. 258 My funds are depleting fast, I've got diddley-squat to live on. 1994 Loaded Sept. 37/1 There won't be diddley squat going on in the city today. B. adj. Insignificant; trifling. ΚΠ 1985 National Rev. 4 Oct. 48/3 It's stupid, because the argument—that Grenada was a flop, and Bush won't admit it—rests on such diddley-squat evidence. 1989 C. Stoll Cuckoo's Egg xx. 103 Eight-bit and sixteen-bit computers are diddlysquat machines; the thirty-two-bit systems are the biggies. 1992 E. Goudge Such Devoted Sisters ii. 312 The dipshit who ran the health club..was..always ragging his ass about some diddly-squat thing. 2000 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 10 Dec. a1 The shock of energy bills crosses all income levels. ‘There isn't a diddly squat thing I can do about it, except pay it,’ barked Don. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1963
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