whangdoodlen.

Brit.

/ˌwaŋˈduːdl/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)wæŋˈdud(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s– rangdoodle (in sense 3), 1800s– wangdoodle, 1800s– whangdoodle, 1900s whangydoodle.

Origin: Apparently an arbitrary formation.

Etymology: Apparently an arbitrary formation, probably influenced by whang n.¹ or whang n.² and doodle n.The origin of the variant rangdoodle (which is attested only in sense 3) is unclear; perhaps compare roodles in similar use (as e.g. in quot. 1899 at sense 3).

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. An imaginary creature.Chiefly in fantastical or nonsensical contexts.In quot. 1852 perhaps referring to an object rather than a creature. The word was chiefly popularized by means of the humorous mock-sermon from which quot. 1857 is taken, in which it occurs in a fictitious biblical quotation as the name of a supposed mythical creature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > imaginary persons or creatures

man in the moon1596

Briarean1598

phantasim1598

mooncalf1638

splacknuck1726

Idomenian1764

little green man1802

ring-tailed roarer1828

Belsnickel1830

ice worm1830

catawampus1843

whangdoodle1852

Prince Charming1855

boojum1876

snark1879

Easter rabbit1881

Easter bunny1900

death moth1910

Moomin1950

energy vampire1967

tooth fairy1977

the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown

swilk and swilkc1175

thinga1325

what-call-ye-him1473

who knows what?1548

I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568

God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569

washical1575

what-d'ye-call-'em1593

so-and-so1596

whiblin1604

so-fortha1616

jiggumboba1625

know-not-whata1642

thingum1652

thingum-thangum1684

what's-his-name1697

something or other1706

thingummy1737

thingamabob1751

something1764

what's-her-name1816

conundrum1817

thingamerry1819

thingamajig1824

somebody1825

what's-its-name1839

whangdoodle1852

thingummytite1865

dingus1866

what-not1876

whatsita1882

gilguy1883

gadget1886

dingbat1894

doohickey1914

oojah1917

oojah capivvy1917

oojiboo1918

doodad1920

tiddlypush1923

whosis1923

thingy1927

doodah1928

doofer1937

hootenanny1940

whatchamacallit1942

gizmo1943

frammis1948

whosit1948

whifflow1961

oobyjiver1963

whatsisface1967

oojamaflip1970

what's-her-face1980

1852 State Capital Reporter (Concord, New Hampsh.) 15 Oct. 1/5 Upon a rugged throne of petrified turtle soup stood the mighty A. Jacks, eating a slice of buttered beeswax... ‘Bring forth the whangdoodle, and place it on the hewgag!’ he exclaimed with a terrific voice.

1857 Evansville (Indiana) Daily Enquirer 16 Aug. My text..is in the leds of the Bible, somewhere between the second Chronic ills and the last chapter of Timothy Titus, and when you find it you will find it in these words:—‘And they shall gnaw a file and flee unto the mountains of Hepzidam, where the lion roareth and the wang-doodle mourneth for its first-born.’

1870 Punchinello (N.Y.) 9 Apr. 30/1 In his own State the Ku-Klux raged, together with the fierce whangdoodle.

1875 York Herald 8 Feb. 6/5 A friend of his who was fond of natural history was seeking to find the habitat of what he called the whangdoodle—(laughter)—whether it was a bird or beast he (Mr. Wilkinson) knew not.

1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 367/2 The whangdoodle sat on the edge of the strand.

1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ii. iv. 50 This boy wouldn't sleep up here mongst the whangdoodles withouten his peace of mind.

2014 Hutchinson (Kansas) News (Nexis) 14 July This week, the United States Golf Association Amateur Public Links Championship will go the way of the dinosaurs, whangdoodles and unicorns.

2. colloquial. A person or thing whose name one cannot remember, does not know, or does not wish to mention.

ΚΠ

1859 C. White Sham Doctor iii. 15 Johnson. Is that nasty stuff in that pan intended for me to swallow? Liverheel. Of course, how do you expect your dusty-gustics to git into your horse-frontio of your whangdoodle, if you don't?

1923 Nation (N.Y.) 22 Aug. 179 The downtrodden and oppressed force on the Gazette..has to live with this old whang-doodle and listen to his preterbacious scandulations.

1931 Amer. Speech 6 259 Whangdoodle, whangydoodle, what have you, whatsis, whatsit, [etc.].

1990 A. Zameenzad Cyrus Cyrus iv. v. 271 I..released my whangdoodle from the confines of a new and overtight pair of jeans..and began pissing away to my heart's content.

2013 M. M. Morley Cottage in Akin 115 ‘I'm glad you bought the hats for us, and especially the glass art.’ She laughed. ‘Just what I need—one more hat and one more glass whangdoodle.’

3. Poker. Also rangdoodle. In draw poker: a round in which the stakes or betting limits are raised, typically after a big hand has been shown (see quots.). Now rare.

ΚΠ

1899 Boston Sunday Globe 18 June [They] proceeded to trim it [sc. poker] up to date... ‘Blazes’, 2–4–6–8–10 straights, ‘roodles’, ‘rang-doodles’, ‘lu-lus’ and jokers soon gave the game so weird a reputation that husbands and brothers began running around town of nights to keep away from it.

1901 D. A. Curtis Sci. of Draw Poker 36 An agreement to play a round of jack-pots, or a whangdoodle, whenever Four of a Kind or a Straight Flush shall be shown in the game.

1949 A. A. Ostrow Compl. Card Player 481 Any of the following ways of varying the play in draw poker may be agreed upon; they are known variously as ‘whangdoodles’, ‘rangdoodles’, ‘roodles’, ‘making a jack pot’ and ‘round of jacks’ or by some other term.

1979 A. J. Berger & N. Bruning Lady Luck's Compan. ii. 79/2 When a whangdoodle or a roodle is declared, either everyone antes double, or the betting limit is doubled for that round.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whangdoodle
释义	whangdoodlen. Brit. /ˌwaŋˈduːdl/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wæŋˈdud(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s– rangdoodle (in sense 3), 1800s– wangdoodle, 1800s– whangdoodle, 1900s whangydoodle. Origin: Apparently an arbitrary formation. Etymology: Apparently an arbitrary formation, probably influenced by whang n.¹ or whang n.² and doodle n.The origin of the variant rangdoodle (which is attested only in sense 3) is unclear; perhaps compare roodles in similar use (as e.g. in quot. 1899 at sense 3). Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. An imaginary creature.Chiefly in fantastical or nonsensical contexts.In quot. 1852 perhaps referring to an object rather than a creature. The word was chiefly popularized by means of the humorous mock-sermon from which quot. 1857 is taken, in which it occurs in a fictitious biblical quotation as the name of a supposed mythical creature. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > imaginary persons or creatures man in the moon1596 Briarean1598 phantasim1598 mooncalf1638 splacknuck1726 Idomenian1764 little green man1802 ring-tailed roarer1828 Belsnickel1830 ice worm1830 catawampus1843 whangdoodle1852 Prince Charming1855 boojum1876 snark1879 Easter rabbit1881 Easter bunny1900 death moth1910 Moomin1950 energy vampire1967 tooth fairy1977 the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown swilk and swilkc1175 thinga1325 what-call-ye-him1473 who knows what?1548 I don't know (also I know not, I wot not) what1568 God (also (the) Lord) knows (also wot) what1569 washical1575 what-d'ye-call-'em1593 so-and-so1596 whiblin1604 so-fortha1616 jiggumboba1625 know-not-whata1642 thingum1652 thingum-thangum1684 what's-his-name1697 something or other1706 thingummy1737 thingamabob1751 something1764 what's-her-name1816 conundrum1817 thingamerry1819 thingamajig1824 somebody1825 what's-its-name1839 whangdoodle1852 thingummytite1865 dingus1866 what-not1876 whatsita1882 gilguy1883 gadget1886 dingbat1894 doohickey1914 oojah1917 oojah capivvy1917 oojiboo1918 doodad1920 tiddlypush1923 whosis1923 thingy1927 doodah1928 doofer1937 hootenanny1940 whatchamacallit1942 gizmo1943 frammis1948 whosit1948 whifflow1961 oobyjiver1963 whatsisface1967 oojamaflip1970 what's-her-face1980 1852 State Capital Reporter (Concord, New Hampsh.) 15 Oct. 1/5 Upon a rugged throne of petrified turtle soup stood the mighty A. Jacks, eating a slice of buttered beeswax... ‘Bring forth the whangdoodle, and place it on the hewgag!’ he exclaimed with a terrific voice. 1857 Evansville (Indiana) Daily Enquirer 16 Aug. My text..is in the leds of the Bible, somewhere between the second Chronic ills and the last chapter of Timothy Titus, and when you find it you will find it in these words:—‘And they shall gnaw a file and flee unto the mountains of Hepzidam, where the lion roareth and the wang-doodle mourneth for its first-born.’ 1870 Punchinello (N.Y.) 9 Apr. 30/1 In his own State the Ku-Klux raged, together with the fierce whangdoodle. 1875 York Herald 8 Feb. 6/5 A friend of his who was fond of natural history was seeking to find the habitat of what he called the whangdoodle—(laughter)—whether it was a bird or beast he (Mr. Wilkinson) knew not. 1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 367/2 The whangdoodle sat on the edge of the strand. 1982 W. L. Heat Moon Blue Highways ii. iv. 50 This boy wouldn't sleep up here mongst the whangdoodles withouten his peace of mind. 2014 Hutchinson (Kansas) News (Nexis) 14 July This week, the United States Golf Association Amateur Public Links Championship will go the way of the dinosaurs, whangdoodles and unicorns. 2. colloquial. A person or thing whose name one cannot remember, does not know, or does not wish to mention. ΚΠ 1859 C. White Sham Doctor iii. 15 Johnson. Is that nasty stuff in that pan intended for me to swallow? Liverheel. Of course, how do you expect your dusty-gustics to git into your horse-frontio of your whangdoodle, if you don't? 1923 Nation (N.Y.) 22 Aug. 179 The downtrodden and oppressed force on the Gazette..has to live with this old whang-doodle and listen to his preterbacious scandulations. 1931 Amer. Speech 6 259 Whangdoodle, whangydoodle, what have you, whatsis, whatsit, [etc.]. 1990 A. Zameenzad Cyrus Cyrus iv. v. 271 I..released my whangdoodle from the confines of a new and overtight pair of jeans..and began pissing away to my heart's content. 2013 M. M. Morley Cottage in Akin 115 ‘I'm glad you bought the hats for us, and especially the glass art.’ She laughed. ‘Just what I need—one more hat and one more glass whangdoodle.’ 3. Poker. Also rangdoodle. In draw poker: a round in which the stakes or betting limits are raised, typically after a big hand has been shown (see quots.). Now rare. ΚΠ 1899 Boston Sunday Globe 18 June [They] proceeded to trim it [sc. poker] up to date... ‘Blazes’, 2–4–6–8–10 straights, ‘roodles’, ‘rang-doodles’, ‘lu-lus’ and jokers soon gave the game so weird a reputation that husbands and brothers began running around town of nights to keep away from it. 1901 D. A. Curtis Sci. of Draw Poker 36 An agreement to play a round of jack-pots, or a whangdoodle, whenever Four of a Kind or a Straight Flush shall be shown in the game. 1949 A. A. Ostrow Compl. Card Player 481 Any of the following ways of varying the play in draw poker may be agreed upon; they are known variously as ‘whangdoodles’, ‘rangdoodles’, ‘roodles’, ‘making a jack pot’ and ‘round of jacks’ or by some other term. 1979 A. J. Berger & N. Bruning Lady Luck's Compan. ii. 79/2 When a whangdoodle or a roodle is declared, either everyone antes double, or the betting limit is doubled for that round. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1852
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