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
Ye know that boy, gentlemen; ye know how he uster lie round his father's store, reading flapdoodle stories and sich!
From A First Family of Tasajara by Harte, Bret
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