folderol

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  1. noun Foolishness; nonsense.
  2. noun A trifle; a gewgaw.

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  • My wife drags me to temple for some of the High Holidays folderol, but I'm not a believer. —  AHMM,November2007
  • For, while we might be wise enough to know not to mimic the assortment of self-destructive behaviors promoted by millionaire entertainers posing as ghetto gangstas in hedonistic music videos and on equally-decadent reality shows, it is reasonable to fear for the future of kids who weaned on such silly folderol. —  NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
  • It's the 10th anniversary of Monicagate and the impeachment of President Clinton, and even the Fox News Channel cannot summon the energy to dwell on Linda Tripp … It seems like ages since anyone cared about John Edwards's extramarital folderol. —  Ask Dan and Jennifer
  • Even if it means just weekly posting, or lots of placeholding interstitial folderol, it's better than three months of silence. —  Prepare To Meet Your Bakerina
  • But Hackett and Kelley's relationship transcends the ordinary hierarchical folderol. —  Fast Company
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  1. From a nonsense refrain in some old songs.

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  1. Also (Scots) falderall; apparently from similar syllables, without meaning, forming the refrain of various old songs; cf. fallal.
 

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/ˈfɑldərɑl/
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