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If she asked too many questions, her mother would say...
Mnimaka
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2008/03/09 - 10:23am
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Whenever I asked my grandfather "what is that grandpa?" He'd often reply "why that's a gillguy with a hoodlehopper on it". I'd love to know the possible origin of that one.

Martha Barnette
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2008/03/09 - 10:57am
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Mnimaka, I don't know the origin, but I'm sure stealing that. It's awesome!

I imagine it's just another nonsense phrase -- as silly as "a whim-wham for a treacle mill." Thanks for sharing this one with us. I hadn't heard it.

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2008/03/25 - 5:20pm
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There's also the spelling “gilguy”. And according to Google “doodlehopper” is more common than “hoodlehopper” (whatever that fact may signify…).

“Words, words, words!”
—Wm Shakespeare

Martha Barnette
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2008/04/07 - 9:22pm
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>>>> And according to Google “doodlehopper” is more common than “hoodlehopper” (whatever that fact may signify…)<< What exactly Does that signify, Wordsmith? 🙂 (Don't know how I missed this thread until just now. Love that word!)

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2008/04/08 - 2:50pm
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I guess both words just seem so phonosemantic that it doesn't really matter which letter either of them starts with. But, also, to tell the truth, I hadn't heard the word “d/hoodlehopper” before so I guess I just didn't know the difference… 🙁

Emmett Redd
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2008/04/08 - 6:42pm
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Red Skelton had a character called Clem Kadiddlehopper.

Emmett

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