flapdoodle

noun

flap·doo·dle ˈflap-ˌdü-dᵊl

: nonsense

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Combining the letters f, d, and l is a great formula for creating funny words-witness folderol, fiddlesticks, fandangle, flamdoodle, flummadiddle, and fiddledeedee. To ascribe pedigreed origins to any of those silly syllables would be fiddle-faddle. Flapdoodle certainly can't claim high-flown ancestors. Like many of its nonsensical fellows listed above, it most likely originated as an alteration of some other absurd word (fadoodle is a candidate), but its exact origins are unknown.

Examples of flapdoodle in a Sentence

The speech was a lot of flapdoodle about the economy. a clear-eyed assessment of the problem minus the usual flapdoodle

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Poppycock with an average flapdoodle reading of +10 million fiddle faddles. —