flapdoodle
pronunciation
How to pronounce flapdoodle in British English:
UK ['flæpˌdu:dl]
How to pronounce flapdoodle in American English:
US ['flæpˌdudəl]
Word Origin
- flapdoodle (n.)
- 1833, originally "the stuff they feed fools on" [Marryat]; probably an arbitrary formation from elements meant to sound ridiculous, perhaps with allusions to flap "a stroke, blow" and doodle "fool, simpleton."
Example
- 1. I 've heard too much of this flapdoodle .
- 2. No matter what pacifist " flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles " might say , the president [ teddy roosevelt ] knew that if there were a general war then america could well be drawn into it .