Isn't 'nurdle' a lovely word?

[Claud.Butler]

It sounds like something that Rambling Sid Rumpole from 'Around the Horn' would delight in using.

[paddywak]

Oh yes as a lad I spent many a happy hour nurdling on the village greens of this fair land of ours

[dzug]

Pretty sure it's Round the Horne if not RSR himself that it comes from

[janzman]

Ah yes,Round The Horn and Beyond Our Ken.Sunday afternoons 2pm The Light Programme
what great names worthy fo Charles Dickens himself
As wel as Rambling Syd Rumpo,how about
Dame Celia Molestrangler and 'aging juvenile' Binkie Huckerback
J Peasemold Gruntfuttock
Daphne Whitethigh
Seamus Android
Halcyon days ideed!!!!!!!!

[paddywak]

Its an old cricketing term meaning to score runs by gentle, subtle strokes rather then by hard hits

[jackthehat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dct_VJNLvAk

There are many of Rambling Syd/Sid ditties once you visit this page........

Hope they make you smile as much as they have me, this morning..............:o)

[ladyalex]

I associate it with Michael Bentine . Not when he was in the Goons, but when he used to do It's a Square World or a programme like that.
I'm sure he used NURDLE in a description of an imaginary game...so it may have been on the radio rather thanthe TV.
Anyway, it's Michael Bentine for me !

[mrs_overall]

Isn't it something Daley Thompson used to jump over?

[DrFilth]

i like the tomato flavoured pot nurdles


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[gonzo00]

i never heard that word before but i love it now!!!! i'm gonna try to use it in sentences randomly and see if anybody asks what it means!!...lol!

[ladyalex]

Found it :

therantingkingpenguin.blogspot.com/2009/03/michael-bentine-comic-genius.html

[paddywak]

I must admit to being a big fan of Around the Horne especially RSR and though as I say I first heard the expression in regards to cricket its the sort of word that deserved to have been invented by Sid and perhaps it was I dont know when it was inserted into the Dictionary but here it is
nurdle ()
vi to score runs by gently pushing or deflecting the ball with the bat rather than by hitting it hard.

\u00A9 Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd: The Chambers Dictionary 2003; The Chambers Thesaurus 2004