It was first published in a sermon parody by William P. Brennan called the Harp of a Thousand Strings, Or Laughter for a Lifetime. “Where the lion roareth and the whangdoodle mourneth for her first-born” (Wikipedia)
The word has been used most notably by British authors Julie Andrews and Roald Dahl.
In Roald Dahls book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willie Wonka describes how he rescued the Oompa Loompas from the whangdoodles.
Julie Andrews wrote a book called, “The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles” first published in 1991.
...he told her she was the most beautiful horse he'd ever seen but he wouldn't care if she were the ugliest whangdoodle in all creation, he'd still love her...
-- Robert Coover, Ghost Town, 1998
The cool thing is that no two whangdoodles are alike and we can create these characters at whim.
What does your whangdoodle look like?
Having read this blog about the whangdoodle I began to cachinate so hard, escecially when I saw the purple whangdoodle at the bottom of the page. My sides are killing me. I hope to see another whangdoodle in my lifetime because that one is hilarious.
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