flapdoodle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flapdoodle
First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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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
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
She blurs these borders in order to simultaneously honor and disparage art’s greatest article of faith-based flapdoodle: authenticity.
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2012
Why, they believe the flapdoodle the leaders talk.
From The Grain of Dust by Phillips, David Graham
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