flapdoodle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flapdoodle
First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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In other words, Rakoff isn’t a judge you should try snowing with technological flapdoodle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Poppycock with an average flapdoodle reading of +10 million fiddle faddles.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Yet content of the flapdoodle sort is proliferating on TikTok.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2022
Now, I remember some silly flapdoodle about vessels and chalices and secret societies, but not much else.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2019
You're the last man I ever expected to hear that kind of flapdoodle from.
From The Three Partners by Harte, Bret
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