flapdoodle
- noun
- /ˈflæpˌduːdəl/
- Archaic
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tontería
- His claims about the secret to eternal youth turned out to be nothing but flapdoodle.
Examples
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Everyone laughed at her flapdoodle about aliens living among us when she tried to convince her friends.
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The politician's speech was filled with flapdoodle, offering no real solutions to the issues at hand.
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You apparently do not have enough sense to be embarrassed to write such flapdoodle, so the rest of us will be embarrassed for you.
Blog text (16) -
That was just flapdoodle.
Synonyms
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
3
9.9
A silly idea or story that is not true
Talk that is false and hard to believe
A silly idea that shows little thought
A foolish idea that probably will not work
Something that is not true or important
A silly, creative idea that would not work in real life
Ideas not based on science and lacking evidence, often about ghosts or miracle cures
Antonyms
How Nonsensical
- Archaic
1
7.0
- Archaic
578
2.5
- UK
49
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flapdoodle likely began as a playful mix of flap ('a noisy movement or fuss') and doodle ('a silly thing' or a simple drawing), and people used it for silly talk. So flapdoodle means 'nonsense' or ideas that are not true or sensible.