flapdoodle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flapdoodle
First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Yet content of the flapdoodle sort is proliferating on TikTok.
From Slate • Oct. 20, 2022
This should have been a red flag for Hook, because Wright is known for his impatience with legal flapdoodle.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2019
Most of what Douthat proposes here is either entirely incomprehensible flapdoodle or warmed-over analysis from 20 years ago.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2017
The catalogue essay, which needs an editor intolerant of art-school flapdoodle, doesn’t help much either, although it does contain some useful quotes from Noguchi, elaborating on his work.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2016
For the benefit of the sportsman and gun crank who want plain facts and no flapdoodle, the following statistics are offered.
From The Land of Footprints by White, Stewart Edward
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