different between flubdub vs mollycoddle

English

Etymology

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Noun

flubdub (countable and uncountable, plural flubdubs)

1. (countable) A buffoon.
2. (uncountable) Trivial matters; nonsense.

English

Etymology

molly +? coddle

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?l.??k?d.?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?l.i?k?d.?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

mollycoddle (plural mollycoddles)

1. (now rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.

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Verb

mollycoddle (third-person singular simple present mollycoddles, present participle mollycoddling, simple past and past participle mollycoddled)

1. (transitive) To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.
   • 1904, Sabine Baring-Gould, The White Flag

     Heerendorp by this means obtained an evil notoriety, and it was ordered to be burnt, and the women of Jacob's family to be transferred to a concentration camp where they would be mollycoddled at the expense of the English taxpayer.

   • 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012, Policy prescriptions: A True Progressivism

     Rich countries also need more competition in traditionally mollycoddled sectors such as education.

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