Word
of the Day for Tuesday 23rd September 2014
Flapdoodle \FLAP-dood-l\
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Noun
1. Informal. Nonsense; bosh. |
Quotes
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Well,
by-and-by the king he gets up and comes forward a little, and works himself
up and slobbers out a speech, all full of tears and flapdoodle about
its being a sore trial for him and his poor brother…
-- Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884 |
Origin
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Flapdoodle came to English in the 1800’s and is of
uncertain origin.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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