how are you diddling

phrase

How are you doing?

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  1. UKcolloquialdatedhumorousHow are you doing?

    Hello old 'un, how you diddling?

    1983 December 25, John Sullivan, “Thicker than Water” (2:52 from the start), in Only Fools and Horses (television production), spoken by Reg Trotter (Peter Woodthorpe), via BBC1
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    Repeats many sentences and hundreds of words, including the following: […] “Hello, are you working? How are you diddling?”

    1905 October 21, “King of wild beast merchants, Cross, Liverpool. Wonderful talking grey parrot”, in The Illustrated London News, volume 127, number 347, page 588

    Yo yo yo. How are you diddling then? And wasn't Zoe fantastic this morning?

    2019 January 14, Sara Cox, Sara Cox (radio broadcast), via BBC Radio 2

Synonyms & antonyms

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how are you

Origin

Popularised by comedian Ken Dodd (1927–2018).

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how are you diddling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/how%20are%20you%20diddling

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“how are you diddling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/how%20are%20you%20diddling. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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