dooblydoo

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noun

The description under a YouTube video that includes information and links to relevant material.

“Links in the dooblydoo.”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

noundooblydoo (plural not attested)
  1. Internetinformalno pluralThe description under a YouTube video that includes information and links to relevant material.

    Links in the dooblydoo.

    5 more examples

    Thanks to Jake for his WheezyWaiter parody and thanks to CaptainWilhelm for his WheezyWaiter song tribute. I put links in the dooblydoo.

    2009 March 9, WheezyWaiter [Pseudonym; Craig Benzine], 1:31 from the start, in The Point of Yes Return, via YouTube, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025

    You can also provide very specific feedback and even ask the author questions by typing in the comment box below the doobly-doo (see Figure 3).

    2012, Karly Marie Grice, “Journey to the Center of a Vlog: One Woman’s Exploration of the Genre of Video Blogs”, in Joyce R. Walker, editor, Grassroots Writing Research Journal, number 3.1, Department of English, Illinois State University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2024, page 34

    Oh, and links to all the articles and videos mentioned in this video are in the description below. The dooblydoo, as I believe it is called.

    2017 May 31, Mark Brown, 15:19 from the start, in What Makes Good AI? (Game Maker's Toolkit), via YouTube, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2025

    The Vlogbrothers also use the doobly-doo to draw attention to the creative works of fellow YouTubers and Nerdfighters.

    2019 April 15, Alaine Christine Martaus, “Modeling participatory literacy (in your pants): An analysis of print and new media convergence in the Vlogbrothers' YouTube videos”, in Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (Dissertation), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025, page 130

    There are lots of awesome books and podcasts on assembling and managing teams, and we'll make sure to share our favorites in the dooblydoo.

    2019 October 19, 3:09 from the start, in Do You Really Want to Be Your Own Boss? (Two Cents), spoken by Julia Lorenz-Olsen, PBS

Origin

Coined by American YouTuber Craig Benzine in 2009, likely as a placeholder term.

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APA

dooblydoo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dooblydoo

MLA

“dooblydoo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dooblydoo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dooblydoo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dooblydoo.

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