flapdoodle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flapdoodle
First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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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
For many readers they’re makeweight puffery, eminently skippable, a lot of throat-clearing and flapdoodle.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2019
It was the natural expression of two minds that were too great to be verbose or to monkey with social, conversational flapdoodle.
From Remarks by Nye, Bill
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