'Quockerwodger': Whom Is Tharoor Targeting with His Latest Wordplay?

'Quockerwodger': Whom is Tharoor targeting with his latest wordplay?

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has once again introduced a rare English word, "quockerwodger," to social media, defining it as a "political puppet." He used the term to criticise the ruling party, suggesting they have "spawned a few of these." Tharoor has a history of using obscure words like 'allodoxaphobia', 'farrago', and 'troglodyte' to make political points and engage social media users.

‘Quockerwodger’: Shashi Tharoor’s latest vocabulary lesson takes aim at BJP

India News: NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his English vocabulary and his use of rarely-used and often difficult-to-pronounce English words,.

Quockerwodger': Tharoor takes dig at govt with 'word of our era'

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for throwing rarely-used and often difficult-to-pronounce English words into the X lexicon, on Sunday. Spetember 20, shared what he called the “word of our era” — “quockerwodger”. Tharoor, the MP from Thiruvananthapuram, also shared its meaning and took a dig at the government. “‘Quockerwodger’ — A political puppet, a person who is controlled by someone else and acts on their instructions,” Tharoo…

'Quockerwodger is the word of our era': Shashi Tharoor’s latest vocabulary lesson comes with a political jab

A 19th-century English slang term, ‘quockerwodger’ originally referred to a wooden toy puppet - a jointed figure whose arms and legs jerk or dance when manipulated by strings.