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10:23AM
Mar-09-08
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Mnimaka
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Whenever I asked my grandfather “what is that grandpa?” He’d often reply “why that’s a gillguy with a hoodlehopper on it”. I’d love to know the possible origin of that one.
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10:57AM
Mar-09-08
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martha
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Mnimaka, I don’t know the origin, but I’m sure stealing that. It’s awesome!
I imagine it’s just another nonsense phrase — as silly as “a whim-wham for a treacle mill.” Thanks for sharing this one with us. I hadn’t heard it.
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5:20PM
Mar-25-08
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There’s also the spelling “gilguy”. And according to Google “doodlehopper” is more common than “hoodlehopper” (whatever that fact may signify…).
“Words, words, words!”
—Wm Shakespeare
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9:22PM
Apr-07-08
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martha
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>>>> And according to Google “doodlehopper” is more common than “hoodlehopper” (whatever that fact may signify…)<<
What exactly Does that signify, Wordsmith? 
(Don’t know how I missed this thread until just now. Love that word!)
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2:50PM
Apr-08-08
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Wordsmith
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I guess both words just seem so phonosemantic that it doesn’t really matter which letter either of them starts with. But, also, to tell the truth, I hadn’t heard the word “d/hoodlehopper” before so I guess I just didn’t know the difference… 
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6:42PM
Apr-08-08
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Emmett Redd
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Red Skelton had a character called Clem Kadiddlehopper.
Emmett
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