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After being subjected to the severely idiotic and overwhelmingly disappointing series finale of “Game of Thrones,” I hurkle-durkled. No, I did not just have a stroke. The word “hurkle-durkle” comes to us from the “Dictionaries of the Scots Language,” meaning “to lie in bed or lounge about when one should be up and about.” Despite being around for centuries, “hurkle-durkle” was propelled into the modern lexicon after a video pointing out its existence went viral on TikTok. That video has garnered millions of views, and the term quickly spread to countless other videos. But it’s not just a funny word that has captured the public’s imagination; it is the movement — or lack thereof — it represents. Emulating the Sloth
heard “hurkle-durkle,” they immediately saw the opportunity to co-opt the word and incorporate it into their vocabulary and routines. People have begun hurkle-durkling in the morning or on the
weekend to de-stress and recuperate. But is lounging about in bed good for your health, or should hurkle-durkle have remained in the pages of a distant and dusty dictionary? Test Your Hurkle-Durkle
The only way to find out if hurkle-durkling is for you is to hurkle-durkle yourself. If you set aside time in your schedule to hurkle-durkle and find that languishing in bed is cathartic, then yes, you should hurkle-durkle more often. But you should be wary that spending too much time hurkle-durkling may cause you to feel depressed. Usually, the more inactive we are, the more depressed we feel. If you are lounging in bed more often and feel worse than usual, that’s a sign you should be more physically active. Hurkle-durkle responsibly, everyone.
Everyone is guilty of lazing in bed without any intention of actually sleeping. Beds are comfortable, and the warm embrace of silky sheets helps whisk away the day’s worries. When people on TikTok
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