whangdoodle

n. 对不合意事物大肆攻击的人, 胡说八道

发音

US /ˈwæŋ.duː.dl̩/

词形变化

whangdoodles 复数 whangdoodles

别名

whang-doodle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.

    幽默
  2. 2.

    A term of disparagement.

    废旧

    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.

    "Now, Ben, you're a lawyer. You don't give a whang-doodle about anything mechanical."

  3. 3.

    A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.

    游戏

词源

Of American origin. First use appears c.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).

来源:wiktionary