Skip to main content
Urban Dictionary Merch
Your favorite words on things you can wear, drink from, read, or give to a friend.
The Urban Dictionary Store sells gifts you’ll have to explain.

Nicknackatory 

An adjective used to emphasize the appeal of a small, worthless object that you still buy because you can't help yourself.
EX: A paper weight in the shape of corn, or a fridge magnet that says "live, love, laugh."
MOM: Hey. Check this out! it's so interesting.

ME: Oh wow, it's very Nicknackatory.

MOM: What does that mean?

ME: It's an adjective used to describe small worthless objects.

MOM: Hey this isn't worthless, i'm going to buy it.

ME: You're gonna regret it later but ok...
Nicknackatory by CrashBox May 25, 2020

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.

Nick Nack 

Nick Nack* noun.
1. African American
2. Small useless things mostly for show
*sometimes pronounced Nig Nack.
Stupid Nick Nack put pickles on my Sangwich, I told him No.
Nick Nack by 0100010101000011 June 25, 2008

Frickity Frack Nick Nack Patty Wack Catty Shack

A word, well I guess more like a phrase, used when you're in trouble or in danger.
Guy 1: I'm playing Minecraft!!!
Creeper: SSSSSSS
Guy 1: FRICKITY FRACK NICK NACK PATTY WACK CATTY SHACK
Creeper: *blows up*

nick nack patty wack 

To distract an animal from looking at your "special place."
Usually consists with rolls and tumbles.
Like when a dog sees a naked man and thinks "it's" a hot dog. You must "nick nack patty wack" inorder to get away. Then you give a dog a bone.

NICKnackPATTYwackN 

When you and your girl are having sex and high five each other.
My girl and I were NICKnackPATTYwackN all night long.
More from Urban Dictionary
Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
Word of the Day on October 10, 2026

piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
Word of the Day on October 9, 2026
anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007
Word of the Day on October 8, 2026

square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
Word of the Day on October 7, 2026
A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
Word of the Day on October 6, 2026

trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
Word of the Day on October 5, 2026
Load more