Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veeblefetzer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vee-ble-fet-zer
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unspecified object; a thingy or doodad.

Slang

Etymology

A nonsense word, popularized by MAD Magazine in 1953. Generally accepted to be a derivation from Yiddish [Term?], from German weben + fetzen.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: weben + fetzen

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

veeblefetzers (plural)

Questions

What does veeblefetzer mean?: An unspecified object; a thingy or doodad.
Where does veeblefetzer come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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