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shpadoinkle

shpadoinkle interjection: an exclamation meaning "great" or denoting surprise.

Interjection

  1. (US, slang) An exclamation meaning "great" or denoting surprise.
    • Holy Shpadoinkle Danny, you killed like, everything in town.2007. James M. Stillwell. Stand Strong Crew: A Super Tale

Origin of shpadoinkle

Coined 1993 by Trey Parker in film Cannibal! The Musical as a nonsense word. Later used in episode “The Gift” (May 22, 2001) of TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Joss Whedon, thence popularized by fans.

Questions about shpadoinkle

What does shpadoinkle mean?
Shpadoinkle means an exclamation meaning "great" or denoting surprise.
What part of speech is shpadoinkle?
Shpadoinkle is an interjection.

Words near shpadoinkle in the dictionary

  1. shoyu
  2. shoyu-tai
  3. shoyus
  4. shozoku
  5. SHP
  6. shpadoinkle
  7. Shpanberg
  8. Shpaniv
  9. shpeal
  10. shpeals
  11. shpeel

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