caboodle, noun.
Slang. The whole caboodle, all the
lot (persons or things). U.S., of unknown origin; compare boodle.
Boodle, noun.
Crowd, pack, lot.
In a sentence: “First he wanted to
take just certain things, but then he took the whole caboodle.”
Caboodle is a US
slang term from the mid 19th century. Myself I have never heard this
funny sounding word in that sense.
However, Elliot
Reid, one of the main characters in the series Scrubs, uses the term. When
asked about it, she replies, “It’s a word I'm trying out to replace ass. I have loose morals and I'm
living in sin. I'm still hoping that not being a potty mouth will get me into
heaven!”
She also uses her
made-up word caboodle hole. Sounds a lot nicer, doesn’t it? But then again,
what’s the point of insulting then?
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