flumadiddle

 [fluhm-uh-did-l, fluhm-uh-did-l]  

flum·a·did·dle

   [fluhm-uh-did-l, fluhm-uh-did-l]
noun
1.
utter nonsense.
2.
worthless frills.
Also, fumadiddle.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; apparently flum(mery) + -a- unstressed linking vowel + diddle2
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