whangdoodle

American  

[hwang-dood-l, wang-] / ˈʰwæŋˌdud l, ˈwæŋ- /

noun

Slang.

1. a fanciful creature of undefined nature.

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Etymology

Origin of whangdoodle

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

Example Sentences

“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

Mrs. MacCall was famous for her "whangdoodle pudding and lallygag sauce"—a title she had given once to cottage pudding and its accompanying dressing to satisfy little folks' teasing questions as to "what is that?"

From Project Gutenberg