![]() ![]() Researchers believe the phrase morphed to “kit and caboodle” for alliterative purposes.īy the way, what we mean when we say “the whole kit and caboodle” is roughly a big, ol’ collection of things the whole lot, akin to “everything but the kitchen sink. Kit and Caboodle : as part of the idiomatic expression the whole kit and kaboodle, meaning: everything and more. The phrase seems to have taken a few forms before landing on kit and caboodle.Īpparently, the phrase began as “the whole kit and boodle.” Kit meaning collection and boodle is thought to have derived from the Old-English word for bottel – meaning a bunch or bundle. We learned that this fun-for-the-tongue phrase probably dates back to the middle of the 19th century and has its origins in the U.S. ![]() You might say you love everything about movies the whole caboodle or buy all the ice cream from your neighborhood shop, the entire caboodle. “What does that mean?” he asked.ĭamned if any of us knew! Well, we knew what was meant by it but why we say it, no one could explain. Caboodle is an informal way to talk about an entire bunch of some item or category, frequently within the phrase 'the whole kit and caboodle ,' which has the same meaning. It was said nonchalantly but stopped the show when a perplexed look crossed the face of a native French-speaking meeting attendee. One such phrase that brought a client meeting to a full stop was kit and caboodle. ![]() For our fellow inquisitive wordsmiths, we’ll share what we learn in this new series entitled: Why We Say It. So when we can’t explain why we say what we say, we get curious. They are often amused by American idioms and ask about their origins… we often don’t know.Īs a branding agency, we are obsessed with words. With an office in the middle of New York City, we are surrounded by agency team members, clients and neighbors for whom English is not their first language. Notes: Todays Good Word has been all but lost to the language in North America except for its appearance in the crystallized idiomatic phrase the whole kit and. ![]()
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