Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) Beheading words p. 148
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
first attested to GBS:
[f. blend of the name of Victorien Sardou (1831-1908), French dramatist + DOODLE n. + -DOM.]
A fanciful word used to describe well-wrought, but trivial or morally objectionable, plays considered collectively; the characteristic milieu in which such work is admired.
1895 G. B. SHAW in Sat. Rev. 1 June 725/2 (heading) Sardoodledom. 1897 in Ibid. 17 Apr. 410/2 It is rather a nice point whether Miss Ellen Terry should be forgiven for sailing the Lyceum ship into the shallows of Sardoodledom for the sake of Madame Sans-Gêne.
[©OED2]
(-dom = abstract suffix of state)
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ![]()
p. 148
wwh 07/03/2003 4:57 PM ![]()
Re: p. 148
Buffalo Shrdlu 07/03/2003 5:02 PM ![]()
Re: p. 148
Wordwind 07/04/2003 1:58 AM ![]()
Re: sardoodledom, di-dom dom
Buffalo Shrdlu 07/04/2003 2:11 AM ![]()
Re: sardoodledom
dxb 07/04/2003 7:38 AM ![]()
Re: sardoodledom
tsuwm 07/05/2003 4:02 PM ![]()
Re: sardoodledom
Buffalo Shrdlu 07/05/2003 4:09 PM ![]()
Re: sawhorse = sawbuck
Wordwind 07/05/2003 6:51 PM ![]()
Re: sawhorse = sawbuck
wwh 07/05/2003 7:34 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,915Posts230,281Members9,208 Most Online4,606
Sep 17th, 2025
Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard
9,208 Registered Users
Top Posters(30 Days) JerryC 1
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 11,136tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,974Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk