doodlebrain

English

Etymology

From doode +‎ brain.

Noun

doodlebrain (plural doodlebrains)

  1. Term of abuse.
    • 1979, Clyde Wells, editor, The Net Effect: Or, If This Is the Bottom Line, What Are You Guys Doing Down There?: Editorial Cartoons, Drawings, Etc., The Augusta Chronicle, page 8:
      On your better days, you are but a doodlebrain.
    • 1995, Fiona Cooper, Rotary Spokes, Serpent’s Tail, page 52:
      ‘Waaall, she’s a damn singer, yuh doodlebrain, that’s what.’
    • 2009 May, Annie Bryant, The Great Scavenger Hunt (Beacon Street Girls), Aladdin Mix, page 234:
      “Of course I like nature. Only doodlebrains don’t like nature,” Kiki huffed.
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