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dwile flonking

The English word “dwile flonking” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. An obscure and intentionally preposterous sport in which teams take turns to dance while avoiding a "dwile" (beer-soaked cloth) thrown by their opponents.

Etymology

Possibly from dwile or Dutch dweil (“floorcloth”) and English flong, an old past tense of fling. The first documented game took place in 1966, despite hoaxing claims of a 16th-century origin.

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