whangdoodle

[hwang-dood-l, wang-]

noun

Slang.

1. a fanciful creature of undefined nature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whangdoodle¹

1855–60, nonsense formation; whang ², doodle ²

Example Sentences

Those who expressed the greatest shock at Harrelson's wink at the bunk claims that Big Pharma controls the government, and the media may not have been aware that Harrelson is on record as a believer in several whangdoodle myths.

From Salon

“It’s a Whangdoodle!” yelled the Head of the Fire Department.

From Literature

There is the same love of slightly silly names: Amora Pendragon, Gibby Whangdoodle, Gilvin Daughtry.

From Los Angeles Times

The dessert was forgotten, although it was Mrs. MacCall’s famous “whangdoodle pudding and lallygag sauce.”

From Project Gutenberg

Young Adlai played charades�once he enacted "a sunbeam on a rug"�and listened to his father's serial stories about two characters called Whangdoodle and Whiffenpoof.

From Time Magazine Archive