yabba-dabba-doo

Exuberant nonsense shout

Yabba-dabba-doo is an exclamation of joy or excitement, popularized by Fred Flintstone's signature shout in the animated television series *The Flintstones*.

It expresses exuberant enthusiasm, often at the end of a workday or start of something fun: Yabba-dabba-doo, it's Friday!

Flintstones

Fred

Masculine given name

prehistoric · caveman · dinosaur · Pebbles · Bamm-Bamm · stone-age · animated · sitcom · quarry · bowling

exclamation

excitement

State of eager enthusiasm

exuberance · hooray · wahoo · yippee · hurrah · cheer · outburst · jubilation · triumph · elation

retro

sixties

Numbers sixty through sixty-nine

boomer · Technicolor · midcentury · kitsch · throwback · groovy · pop-culture · reruns · syndication · merchandising

Opposites
emotional expression

yabba-dabba-dooboo-hoo

Onomatopoeia for sobbing

woe is me · d'oh · alas · oh no · ugh

enthusiasm/energy

yabba-dabba-doomeh

Indifference, vocalized

sigh · whatever · blah · ho-hum · silence

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G