HUMPTY DUMPTY

PRONUNCIATION: (HUHM-tee DUHMP-tee)

MEANING: noun:
1. A short, rotund person.
2. Something or someone broken beyond repair.

ETYMOLOGY: After Humpty Dumpty, a character in a nursery rhyme, who is irreparably broken after a fall. He’s typically shown as an anthropomorphic egg. Earliest documented use: 1785.
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LUMPTY BUMPTY - what coarse oatmeal you serve !

HUMPITY DUMPITY - so sorry your Significant Other kicked you out

HAMPTY DAMPTY - hurricane completely flooded Gatsby's estate