flubdub

[ fluhb-duhb ]

noun

, Slang.

1. pretentious nonsense or show; airs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flubdub¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

But he can’t scare me out with flubdub about heart murmur, for I know the heart was murmuring, and the prospective Mrs. Tucker does, too.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of it is plainly superfluous and some of it should be dismissed immediately as the merest flubdub and flapdoodle�inherited rubbish.

From Time Magazine Archive

The standard Hollywood windmilling followed �and then the standard flubdub to the press.

From Time Magazine Archive

His most famous specialty is baiting William Green: "Come, come, Mr. Green, will you stop handing us that flubdub?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan— The flubdub courted a catamaran But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare— The flubdub wedded the big blue bear!

From Project Gutenberg