flumadiddle

[ fluhm-uh-did-l, fluhm-uh-did-l ]
/ ˌflʌm əˈdɪd l, ˈflʌm əˌdɪd l /

noun

utter nonsense.
worthless frills.
Also fumadiddle.

Origin of flumadiddle

1840–50, Americanism; apparently flum(mery) + -a- unstressed linking vowel + diddle2

Words nearby flumadiddle

fluidized bed, fluidrachm, fluke, flukey, fluky, flumadiddle, flume, flummery, flummox, flump, flung