nick nack paddy wack

The phrase originated from the old English nursery rhyme, "This old man". Nick nack or "knick knack" refers to the sound produced when playing the bones, as a musical instrument that later evolved into using metal spoons held loosely between the finger and stroked across a board, a shoe or most commonly the fingers of the opposite hand.

Each verse refers to the common practice in Ireland of of after a feast of lamb or swine, taking the rib bones and fashioning them into a musical instrument, using it as a rhythmic instrument of an impromptu band that might also include a lute and singers.

Paddywhack has several meaning and it is unclear which meaning the nursery rhyme intended. One definition is the tough elastic ligament found in many four legged animals such as a lamb that holds the head up. It was often eaten but is tough and may have been fed to the farm dog and referred to as as a bone. I tend to think it was referring to this definition and think the entire line in the nursery rhyme means that after playing the bones and singing songs after the meal, that the bones and paddywhack was given to the family dog to eat.

nick nack paddy wack

This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played two,
He played knick-knack on my shoe;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played three,
He played knick-knack on my knee;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played four,
He played knick-knack on my door;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

This old man, he played five,
He played knick-knack on my hive;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

by HoPpeR1492 April 5, 2016

whackability

a unit of measure for how much you'd like to masturbate or jerk off to a particular person or movie.

A well known porn star said, "The most important thing about a porno is its 'whackability.'" Or, "You gotta see the movie for it's sheer whackability."

by sigfreyd June 24, 2005

Whacky sack

To massage one's own balls and scrotum in a pugnacious manner.

I Hate Jenny, I wish I could beat the meat out of her. I'm just gonna go play Whacky Sack.

by Cow Poly July 16, 2008

word-whacker

a theoretical editor's tool for editing text and cutting excessive verbage

This article was so wordy, the editor had to get the word-whacker out and trim it down.

by Paul W Puckett March 31, 2008

crack whacking

Exsessive masturbation. As one does when they are high off crack, coke, or any other stimulant drug.

"dude, I was so horny last night I was crack whacking it for hours!"

"Man Tommy's been in the bathroom forever."
"He's crack whacking it..."

by Minndy April 9, 2008

Fadge Whacker

A woman who likes to masturbate vigorously and often!!!

"Man, she was such a fadge whacker, that ho always had her hand in her minge"

by Lmonster August 18, 2009

No whackas/no quackers

A rip snorter of a saying invented by two true blue Aussies down in Melbourne way meaning "no worries." Why say no worries when you can up the ante, have a fair crack at the sauce and yell out no whackas? Sure it might sound stranger than the Titanic in the middle of the Arabian desert, but use it, and folks will be deadset fair dinkum as happy as Larry! We reckon the phrase should spread worldwide, Oxford, if ya reading this Shakespeare please chuck it on ya dictionary!

No whackas/no quackers, made up slang meaning "no worries."
"Thanks for sending those docos over mate"
"Yeah no whackas!"
OR
"Thanks for the meat pie mate"
"Yeah no quackers!"

by true blue aussie man April 19, 2018