how are you diddling en · X
Etymology
Popularised by comedian Ken Dodd (1927–2018).
Meanings
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(UK, colloquial, dated, humorous) How are you doing?
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: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: