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.