whangdoodle

whangdoodle

1. Any imaginary and unspecified fantasy creature, used especially in stories, fairytales, and folklore aimed at children. My grandmother always used to warn us not to venture out into the woods, lest we be eaten by the vicious whangdoodle! My favorite story is about the Whangdoodle, a magical creature with the head of a moose, the body of a bear, and the legs of a giraffe!
2. Any unidentified, unknown, or unspecified gadget or thing. And what do you do with this whangdoodle here? He's always got some fancy whangdoodle that does all that stuff automatically.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

whang(y)doodle

(ˈʍæŋ(i)ˈdudlæ)
1. n. a gadget. Toss me one of the little whangdoodles, would ya?
2. n. nonsense. Now that’s enough of your whangdoodle.

whangdoodle

verb
See whangydoodle
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • come in
  • come in a certain position
  • come on in
  • Caturday
  • (Is) this taken?
  • be (flat) on (one's) back
  • (Is) that everything?
  • a little goes a long way
  • by half
  • copy out
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