Don’t be biffsquiggled – the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary decodes Dahl’s brilliant word play
With the new Spielberg BFG film getting rave reviews, we thought you might like to learn to talk like the big friendly giant and co. Here goes!
phizz-whizzing (adj): splendid
plussy (adi): full of life and energy
rommytot (noun): talking nonsense
rotrasper (noun): horribly mean or nasty person
scrotty (adj): when you feel sad and gloomy
swashboggling (adj): unusual
whoopsy-whiffling (adj): splendid or marvellous
hopscotchy (adj): happy
horrigust, muckfrumping (adj): unpleasant, unwelcome
lickswishy (adj): a delicious taste
biffsquiggled, gungswizzled (adj): confused or puzzled
buzzwangle (noun) – a silly or far-fetched idea
delumptious, delunctious (adj): very tasty, delicious
dogswoggler (noun): someone who is very silly
gropefluncking (adj): something difficult to explain
grunion (noun): grumpy person
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