flumadiddle
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. (noun) Silly or delusive nonsense; balderdash; flummery.
- n. (noun) A dish composed of saltpork, potatoes, and molasses, eaten by the fishermen of Cape Cod.
Examples
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Mona can fix her table, and I'll come over before the luncheon, and if she has too many or too grand flumadiddles, I'll take some of them off.
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A gentleman residing on Superior street has a wife who goes into hysterics every time the fashion-plate changes, while he, on the contrary, has an intense antipathy for 'frills and flounces and flumadiddles of that sort.'
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We certainly need a dominant force, a direction, a dictation, a sobering influence against the flumadiddle of theory and the fustian of talk about the glories of democracy, meaning the will of the people.
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Oh, we've got call-waiting now as well as speed dial, conference calling, voice mail, answering machines and lots of other geegaws, gismos, gadgets, wingdings and flumadiddles.
'Telephone numbers: another life change,' The Times-News, May 30, 1992
Note
'Flumadiddle' may be a blend of 'flummery,' nonsense or a sort of jelly made of flour or meal, plus 'diddle,' to cheat or waste time.
