Etymology

veeblefetzer

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Today it means: An unspecified object; a thingy or doodad. Full definition →

Yiddish [Term?] ← German weben + fetzen
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  1. German · derived fromweben + fetzen
  2. Yiddish · borrowed from[Term?]
  3. English todayveeblefetzer

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.