Comments on: Work-brickle

By: FRED

FRED — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:15:42 +0000

My parents were of German descent, southwest Ohio and I’ve heard this term also as someone that was Lazy.

By: April

April — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:12:39 +0000

My grandmother used the term “work brickle” to describe the sudden onset of a zest for housecleaning, especially that experienced by some women at certain times of the month or by pregnant women shortly before the baby is due.

By: vicki willis

vicki willis — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:07:58 +0000

My family used the words work-brickle or work brittle, usually in the words of someone not being very work-brittle or being lazy. Never really knew what it meant, my family was from Indiana and Kentucky.

By: Edward

Edward — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:57:59 +0000

Interestingly, the only person I’ve ever heard use the term “work-brittle” was my mother, and she was born and raised in Indiana, but her ancestors were from Kentucky and were German, not English.

By: Maxine

Maxine — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:56:31 +0000

My mother and her family used “work-brickle” a lot. Their family was from Indiana and of Irish and English descent.