whangdoodle

Etymology
Of American origin circa 1856. Popularized by appearing in a sermon parody attributed to William P. Brannan as "Where the lion roareth and the whangdoodle mourneth for her first-born," published in The Harp of a Thousand Strings: Or, Laughter for a Lifetime (1858).

Noun

 * 1)  A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.
 * 2) * 1862, Mark Twain, Mark Twain's letters: 1853-1866, Volume 1 (published 1987), page 171
 * For a man who can listen for an hour to Mr. White, the whining, nasal, Whangdoodle preacher, and then sit down and write, without shedding melancholy from his pen as water slides from a duck's back, is more than mortal.
 * 1) * 1928 (Mar.), Martin Bunn, "When You Buy a Car", Popular Science 112 (3): 138
 * "Now, Ben, you're a lawyer. You don't give a whang-doodle about anything mechanical."
 * 1)  A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
 * For a man who can listen for an hour to Mr. White, the whining, nasal, Whangdoodle preacher, and then sit down and write, without shedding melancholy from his pen as water slides from a duck's back, is more than mortal.
 * 1) * 1928 (Mar.), Martin Bunn, "When You Buy a Car", Popular Science 112 (3): 138
 * "Now, Ben, you're a lawyer. You don't give a whang-doodle about anything mechanical."
 * 1)  A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
 * 1)  A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , , Bonhomme sept-heures
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:, , Tío Saín, , , hombre del costal, sacamantecas


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