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proof your hand was awake while your mind clocked out, drawing anyway
means To scribble or sketch absentmindedly, usually while your attention is elsewhere; also the aimless little drawing that results.
from From the early 17th-century 'doodle' meaning a fool or simpleton, likely borrowed from a Low German word like 'dudeltopf' (simpleton, literally something like 'nightcap'). That sense survives in 'Yankee Doodle,' where the song mocked the man as a country bumpkin. The 'aimless scribbling' meaning is much younger, surfacing only in the 20th century — the idea being that idle marks are the work of an idle, foolish hand.
- focus aid
- Doodlers recall 29% more from boring meetings
- royal habit
- Reagan doodled cowboys and footballs in office memos
- origin shift
- Once meant a fool, now means idle art
- brain state
- Engages default mode network, not pure idleness
- company name
- Google's playful logos called Doodles since 1998
google doodle — google's homepage illustrations celebrating holidays, people, and events since 1998
doodle poll — online scheduling tool acquired by surveymonkey in 2021