foofaraw

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IMO, the splash is not a "feature" but more a "foofaraw."

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  • This whole stupid booking foofaraw serves everyone, really: Coulter moves a few extra copies of her dumb book; Today snags a few extra viewers; and the American voter gets to shout down the conservative straw-man (err, woman?) on the TV, trying to interrupt her honeymoon with Barack Obama. —  Gawker
  • The gloves came off and foofaraw followed and remained until the AIG contractual bonuses came to light and Senator Barney Frank said it looked as though incompetence is being rewarded but where is the outrage about the federal and state public employees retiring as millionaires?
  • Apple set off a bit of a foofaraw in December when it announced it was pulling out of the Macworld conference. —  TechWeb
  • The warbler-weed controversy recalls the momentary foofaraw last spring concerning Rolling Stone Keith "Keef" Richards hoovering up his own dear departed dad's ashes, chopped and mixed into a nice fat line of Colombian naughty-powder, shrugging that he "couldn't resist". —  The Register
  • IMO, the splash is not a "feature" but more a "foofaraw." —  Discussions: Message List - root
 

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  1. Probably from Spanish fanfarrón, boaster; see fanfaronade, and from French frou-frou, rustling (of imitative origin).
 

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