dooblydoo

English

Etymology

Coined by American YouTuber Craig Benzine in 2009, likely as a placeholder term.

Noun

dooblydoo (plural not attested)

1. (Internet, informal) The description under a YouTube video that includes information and links to relevant material.

   Links in the dooblydoo.

   • 2009 March 9, WheezyWaiter [Pseudonym; Craig Benzine], 1:31 from the start, in The Point of Yes Return‎^[2], via YouTube, archived from the original on 21 March 2025:

     Thanks to Jake for his WheezyWaiter parody and thanks to CaptainWilhelm for his WheezyWaiter song tribute. I put links in the dooblydoo.

   • 2012, Karly Marie Grice, “Journey to the Center of a Vlog: One Woman’s Exploration of the Genre of Video Blogs”, in Joyce R. Walker, editor, Grassroots Writing Research Journal‎^[3], number 3.1, Department of English, Illinois State University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 5 August 2024, page 34:

     You can also provide very specific feedback and even ask the author questions by typing in the comment box below the doobly-doo (see Figure 3).

   • 2017 May 31, Mark Brown, 15:19 from the start, in What Makes Good AI? (Game Maker's Toolkit)‎^[4], via YouTube, archived from the original on 22 March 2025:

     Oh, and links to all the articles and videos mentioned in this video are in the description below. The dooblydoo, as I believe it is called.

   • 2019 April 15, Alaine Christine Martaus, “Modeling participatory literacy (in your pants): An analysis of print and new media convergence in the Vlogbrothers' YouTube videos”, in Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship‎^[5] (Dissertation), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, archived from the original on 29 March 2025, page 130:

     The Vlogbrothers also use the doobly-doo to draw attention to the creative works of fellow YouTubers and Nerdfighters.

   • 2019 October 19, 3:09 from the start, in Do You Really Want to Be Your Own Boss? (Two Cents)‎^[6], spoken by Julia Lorenz-Olsen, PBS:

     There are lots of awesome books and podcasts on assembling and managing teams, and we'll make sure to share our favorites in the dooblydoo.

     (transcript)

   • 2025 March 15, 1:13 from the start, in Got a dime? 🪙 How Payphones Actually Work! (Connections Museum)‎^[7], spoken by Sarah Autumn, Telecommunications History Group, via YouTube, archived from the original on 29 March 2025:

     Depending on where you lived, and what kind of payphone you used, your experience may have been different from someone else’s. We’ll talk about some of those differences here. And if you want to dive into more detail check out this excellent article by Doug Kerr, link in the doobly doo.