flapdoodle

[flap-dood-l]

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noun Informal.

nonsense; bosh.

Origin of flapdoodle

First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain

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Related Words for flapdoodle

silliness, farce, craziness, folly, foolishness, insanity, idiocy, stupidity, bull, crap, illogicality, improbability, jazz, incongruity, applesauce, ridiculousness, irrationality, senselessness, inanity, BS

Examples from the Web for flapdoodle

Contemporary Examples of flapdoodle

But instead we are getting the flapdoodle campaign, in which more and more ado is made about less and less.
The Flapdoodle Campaign
Megan McArdle
October 23, 2012

Historical Examples of flapdoodle

You're the last man I ever expected to hear that kind of flapdoodle from.
The Three Partners
Bret Harte
Reckoning a man's life by years is the biggest sort of flapdoodle.
How it Feels to be Fifty
Ellis Parker Butler
Listen to me, Henry: we really haven't time for all that sort of flapdoodle now.
How He Lied to Her Husband
George Bernard Shaw
And there's no flapdoodle about him; and he never cried baby in his life.
The Vehement Flame
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
For the benefit of the sportsman and gun crank who want plain facts and no flapdoodle, the following statistics are offered.
The Land of Footprints
Stewart Edward White

British Dictionary definitions for flapdoodle

flapdoodle

noun

slang foolish talk; nonsense

Word Origin for flapdoodle

C19: of unknown origin

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Word Origin and History for flapdoodle

1833, originally "the stuff they feed fools on" [Marryat]; an arbitrary formation.