tommyrot

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tommyrot

/ˈtɒmiˌrɒt/ UK
/ˈtɑmiˌrɑt/ US

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Compound of tommy + rot, (tommy being a dialectical word for fool).

noun tommyrots · tommy-rot

uncountable, usually Nonsense, rot. My brothers, on the other hand, considered that my talents were overrated. Putting it plainly, they told me that what I wrote was tommy-rot.

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"tommyrot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tommyrot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tommyrot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tommyrot

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"tommyrot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tommyrot.

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@misc{tommyrot_2026,
  title = {tommyrot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tommyrot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}