Kaboodle
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Kaboodle is a spelling derivation of the English word "caboodle", meaning a group, bunch, lot, pack, or collection of things or people. Caboodle is further derived from Boodle
or booty
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This spelling of "Kaboodle" has come into popular usage in culture and commerce, often found in conjunction with the idiom "the whole kit and caboodle", which can be loosely interpreted to mean everything and more.
A recent cultural reference includes the character Kitten Kaboodle from Disney's television series Tailspin
in episode 23.
Regional variation in Tasmania, Australia - 'The whole shit and kaboodle' - which is used within the local French dialect.
Boodle
Boodle, or boodler, was a bar-room or street term for money or booty applied by the yellow press to members of the New York Board of Aldermen who were charged with accepting bribes in connection with the granting of a franchise for a street railroad on Broadway...
or booty
Booty
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This spelling of "Kaboodle" has come into popular usage in culture and commerce, often found in conjunction with the idiom "the whole kit and caboodle", which can be loosely interpreted to mean everything and more.
A recent cultural reference includes the character Kitten Kaboodle from Disney's television series Tailspin
Tailspin
- Main Meaning :* Spin , a rapid, high-rotation descent of an airplane caused through asymmetric wing stall* Loss of direction and stability in life, possibly due to loss of self-control- Movies and TV-Series :...
in episode 23.
Regional variation in Tasmania, Australia - 'The whole shit and kaboodle' - which is used within the local French dialect.
E-commerce uses
It is commonly associated with e-commerce. Some notable businesses that use the word include:- Kaboodle.co, a handicap classifieds & disability services website.
- Kaboodle.com, a social shoppingSocial shoppingSocial Shopping is a method of e-commerce where shoppers' friends become involved in the shopping experience. Social shopping attempts to use technology to mimic the social interactions found in physical malls and stores.-Five categories of social shopping:...
website based in Sunnyvale, CaliforniaSunnyvale, CaliforniaSunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...
, launched in 2005 and owned by the Hearst CorporationHearst CorporationThe Hearst Corporation is an American media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower, Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media...
. - Kaboodle, a retailer of children's clothing, toys, and accessories, opened in May 2004 in Taunton, UKTauntonTaunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
. - Kaboodle Gifts, an internet-based gift shop established in April 2001, in Holland, MichiganHolland, MichiganHolland is a city in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which is fed by the Macatawa River ....
. - Kitten Kaboodle, an internet retailer of pet supplies opened in Boxford, MassachusettsBoxford, MassachusettsBoxford is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,965 at the 2010 census.Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Boxford.-Geography:...
in 1999. - Kitchen Kaboodle, a chain of homewares stores based in Portland, OregonPortland, OregonPortland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, which opened in 1975. - Kitsch-n-Kaboodle, a collectibles and antique furniture retailer and restorer in Philadelphia, PA and Stewartsville, New JerseyStewartsville, New JerseyStewartsville is an unincorporated area within Greenwich Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 08886....
, which opened in 1986. - Kitten Kaboodle was a character in an anti-cat story written by Charles Schulz's Snoopy. "Kitten Kaboodle was aware of the natural superiority of a dog and it bothered her." Charlie Brown to Snoopy: "I think your anti-cat stories go too far. Not everybody hates cats you know." Snoopy, in thought balloon: "I find that hard to believe."