Lollygagging

Lollygagging:-

to spend time idly, aimlessly, or foolishly : dawdle.

To “lollygag” (or “lallygag”) (American slang), is a direct transliteration from Irish, as it was brought to America via Irish immigrants — plain and simple — with a direct and precise translation. It’s first known use dates back to the 1860s, around the time when the first influx of Irish immigrants came to America during the famine.

This lady with the candy connection is not dawdling at all!

Thankful for:
My back has had a good day with little pain. The 14 day side effects are straggling - now 18!

[Casablanca]

With all that sugar, she would be completely hyper! Love the word, lollygagging. Such fun.

[Maggiemae]

@casablanca Its hard to believe its a word, Madame C - but its in the dictionary!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Love your series of fun words - a real fun education for us all I think I will have to make a list of these words - and perhaps start using them in conversation ! - my friends would think I had gone doo-lally !! Love the illustration - clever!!

[Maggiemae]

@beryl There might be a few raised eyebrows if you do, Beryl!

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a fun word & a fun illustration...especially with the ' face mask ' on her...

[Dione Giorgio]

Ooooh! Did you add the mask or was she lollygagging with the mask before you found her out.

[Maggiemae]

@sangwann Well said, Dione! She was tripping down Manchester Lane and met Boris!

[Mags]

I like it! Very cool!

[Wylie]

she's cute. your work?

[judith deacon]

Love this one, I just wish I could remember these words at an appropriate time to use them!

[Issi Bannerman]

Another new one on me! I like it.

[katy]

Often said this exact phrase to my children as they were lollygagging! Cute photo and especially happy to see her wearing a mask!

I think you need to start putting some New Zealand words in here for those of us who are not exposed to them!

[Bep]

Love your fun words!

[Diana]

Lol, I really had to smile at this, great word and image. Your comment made my day ;-)

[Kate]

Delightful

[Islandgirl]

Good one Maggiemae!

[Pat Knowles]

Lollygagging!! What sort of a word is that!! You would guess it was a brand new word if you hadn’t read it here! Lovely illustration complete with mask! She is dancing along, no lollygagging there!

[gloria jones]

Fun image and word :)

[Helen Jane]

I love how you illustrated this word which sounds like something Edward Lear would have made up. What fun.

[Maggiemae]

@pusspup No, Wylie - got it off the net and put it together!

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn NZ words are easy to work out and apart from that, I dislike the way they shorten phrases and words!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat I like the word, 'dawdle' too - its what we used to do walking home from school!

[Lou Ann]

Oh isn’t she fabulous! Glad your back is better!

[Leslie]

I love to Lollygag

[Maggiemae]

@lesip Lollygagging is not exactly an aerobic exercise!

[Leslie]

@maggiemae works for me :-)

[Babs]

Great shot, a new word for me.

[Shutterbug]

Cute processing. Love the word history.

[Harry J Benson]

Good processing, really gives meaning to the word.

[Marnie]

Love it, both the photo and the saying. It was commonly used in my family when I was growing up.

[Maggiemae]

@golftragic I suppose the word 'gagging' could mean something else! Pleased I put the 'gag' - mask on this cheerful lady!

[Denise Wood]

Love this new word - think it's a great one for my brolly girls :)

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

I haven't heard that word in a long while. Lollygagging is one of my favorite pastimes!

[Maggiemae]

@skipt07 Just imagine if you told someone now -; I think I'll go and have a bit of a lollygagg along the road!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

@maggiemae - I wouldn't use it in a sentence like that. If someone were to ask me, "What are you doing?" I'd reply, "Lollygagging."

[CC Folk]

What a cute and creative image! I lollygag my pandemic days away with Katniss and Sophie and photography and TV and chatting and eating and watering, etc etc etc. Then my husband comes home, looks around and says "what did you do all day?!? HaHa!