Etymology

droodle

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Today it means: A simple cartoon or doodle, whose contents are given a humorous description; another person is challenged to identify the picture in the manner of a riddle. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of drawing + doodle; coined by Roger Price, who published a book of them in 1953.

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