To move or make adjustments in order to reach a specific goal or outcome; to make do. "as in robbing peter to pay paul". Also, to play around with.
Having a very limited budget, I often fadangle with minimum payments and closing dates in order to reach and maintain a desired credit score.
by Shine eyes September 3, 2018
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Jimbo: "Hey, Marty; tell your dad I need to borrow his tools".
Marty: "Hey, Jimbo, my dad says 'SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GIMME BACK MY OLD TOOLS, THEN YOU WON'T NEED TO BORROW MY NEW ONES; YOU LITTLE FLAMBANGLER'".
Jimbo: "Yeah whatever".
Marty: "Hey, Jimbo, my dad says 'SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GIMME BACK MY OLD TOOLS, THEN YOU WON'T NEED TO BORROW MY NEW ONES; YOU LITTLE FLAMBANGLER'".
Jimbo: "Yeah whatever".
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Get the Flangle mug.Someone who, in response to a question they know is the start of a joke, insists on supplying their own punchline, thus ruining the joke.
by The Lord of All Roehampton January 15, 2019
Get the Flangler mug.verb: to manipulate moving parts in a way too complex to aptly describe with words (especially if said complexity involves moving another piece or pieces out of the way in a not entirely intuitive or even frustrating fashion); often used to describe getting multiple moving pieces in the correct relative position on transforming toys
"Next you're gonna untab the backpack section and fanangle it around his body such that it's on his chest"
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We fanagled our way out of a parking ticket by sweet talking the cop. I'm sure he knew what we were doing, but he was cool and still cut us a break.
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