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People may be leery of this new fandangled technology.
DesignerBlog Will 2009
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People may be leery of this new fandangled technology.
Archive 2009-07-01 Will 2009
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*Interesting side note: At work, when I talk about blogs, I often have to say “weblog” and explain that they are these new fandangled things on the internets.
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I would like to thank these individuals who embraced the new fandangled concept of a “virtual book tour” and made it an awesome success:
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Chief to this campaign was the outlawing of the enormously popular teachings of the new to Europe fandangled philosophers, Aristotle and his Arabic counterparts.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Chief to this campaign was the outlawing of the enormously popular teachings of the new to Europe fandangled philosophers, Aristotle and his Arabic counterparts.
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Instead we have new fandangled media such as the Web.
Archive 2008-10-01 Deft 2008
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Dad never wanted one of these new-fandangled outboard motors, you know.
Alive In Truth 2005
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I hate them fandangled lines that are all cut up short to make pretence.
The American Senator 2004
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The quest took me to a pleasant semi-rural neighbourhood where there was room for gardens with the borders edged with the nice soft yellow-tinted box, and rose walks, and dainty little arbours, and fandangled appurtenances which amateur gardeners love with perfect justification.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919 Various
jmfurban commented on the word fandangled
I believe "fandangled" to mean something that is more elaborate than useful, or something complicated and not easily deciphered. Often refers to something that's new and seemingly useless.
July 14, 2017