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 sort of flapdoodle is old hat by now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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
And there's no flapdoodle about him; and he never cried baby in his life.
From The Vehement Flame by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
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