What is the origin of "oh noodles!"

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Noodles are tasty. I like them, but why are they also used as an exclamation of dismay in the following?

Oh Noodles!

Where do you hear this? It seems like a regional thing, in so far as I've not heard it. — Matt E. Эллен, Aug 09 '11 at 10:37
Related later post: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/37848 — msh210, Aug 14 '11 at 19:09

Thursagen · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-09T11:07:05.010

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It has no real origin, just something one could say any other day. My friend says "Oh, fish!", and that doesn't have an etymology or an origin either, just an expression that someone might use idiosyncratically.

edited Aug 09 '11 at 11:07

answered Aug 09 '11 at 10:55

Thursagen

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The first part of your answer doesn't gel with the second. Noodles seems more like a minced oath, as in your fish example. – Matt E. Эллен Aug 09 '11 at 11:01
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Yes, that's a coherent answer :) – Matt E. Эллен Aug 09 '11 at 11:09
It's possibly a minced oath, but minced oaths usually resemble an actual rude word, like "darn" for "damn", "shoot" for "shit", etc. I'm not sure what "noodles" might be. – Stuart F Aug 05 '22 at 09:18

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 04 '22 at 20:26

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In "Two Towers" by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954), Sam Gamjee goes "Noodles!" as an exclamation. Based on the context, I'm guessing it's like "oh shit!"

But Sam did not answer: he was staring back up the cliff. 'Ninnyhammers!' he said. 'Noodles! My beautiful rope! There it is tied to a stump, and we're at the bottom.'

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answered Aug 04 '22 at 20:01

upekha

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No, this is not just an exclamation. Both ninnyhammer and noodle are epithets meaning "foolish". He is referring to themselves. – Colin Fine Aug 04 '22 at 21:09

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 11:48

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I would imagine that someone using such an expression indeed does NOT like noodles. It's a euphemism. Instead of saying some sort of expletive he's cleaned his diction up and used something he thinks that would be humorous.

I approve =) I also LOVE noodles.

answered Aug 09 '11 at 11:48

bobsbarricades

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Since you love noodles so much, is it safe to assume that you also worship "His Great Noodly Appendage" and consider yourself a Pastafarian? http://www.lumbercartel.ca/glossary/fsm.pl – Randolf Richardson Aug 13 '11 at 22:23
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HHAHAHAHA, oh that's definitely a first. Unfortunately my favorite kind of noodle is the rice noodle. In a traditional Pho its hard to beat. Also enjoy egg noodles and hand made Korean noodles (actually...those suckers are the best).
But alas, I worship I AM, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jesus ;) thanks for the link. I got a good laugh =)
– bobsbarricades Aug 13 '11 at 23:56
Excellent! It's fun to make people laugh! – Randolf Richardson Aug 14 '11 at 00:26
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@Randolf. I have been touched by his noodly appendage. – TRiG Aug 15 '11 at 08:59

What is the origin of "oh noodles!"

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