Spread laughter and positive energy with wordplay! Dictomancy - Everyday Wordplay is a Wednesday blog series that features rare, bizarre, and absurd words and their meanings. Work one of these words into your day and spark some laughter and curiosity!
Rallack - rall*ack v [nEngl dial var of rollick; cf EDD rallack v. 1] Cf rollix 1899 (1912) Green VA Folk-Speech 344, Rallack. . . To run about after pleasure instead of attending to business. “He goes rallacking about from one place to another.”
“It’s your birthday. Let’s rallack around downtown.”
“Is it a coincidence that rallack and frolic sound similar?”
“Never use the word rallacking seductively. It won’t end well.”
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Works Cited
Cassidy, Frederic G. Chief Editor. Dictionary Of American Regional English. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. Print