The first-ever Google Doodle was made in honor of the Burning Man Festival of 1998. The doodle marks important festivals, people, achievements and holidays.

Perceval.A Google Doodle is product of Google that appears temporarily on special occasions in place of Google’s permanent logo on the homepage. 1812, 'THE TEARS OF SIR VICARY!!!', The Scourge, 2 March 1812, page 231:.Come, don't go to call names: am I? vhy my vife, and I am your master. Why doodle! jackanapes! harkee, who am I? 1764, Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garrett, W.( obsolete ) A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.The modern meaning emerged in the 1930s either from this meaning or from the verb 'to dawdle', which since the seventeenth century has had the meaning of wasting time or being lazy.

This is also the origin of the early eighteenth century verb to doodle, meaning 'to swindle or to make a fool of'. The meaning 'fool, simpleton' is intended in the song title 'Yankee Doodle', originally sung by British colonial troops prior to the American Revolutionary War. American English dude may be a derivation of doodle.

German variants of the etymon include Dudeltopf, Dudentopf, Dudenkopf, Dude and Dödel. The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th century to mean a fool or simpleton. Compare also German dudeln ( “ to play (the bagpipe) ” ). Originally dialectal, from Low German dudeltopf, dudeldopp ( “ simpleton ” ). ( General American ) IPA ( key): /ˈdud(ə)l/.( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /ˈduːdl̩/.

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