Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial Showy or
gaudy ornaments,accoutrements , etc. - noun colloquial
Fuss ,brouhaha ,commotion .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From French fanfaron, from Spanish fanfarrón ‘showy, ostentatious’, of imitative origin.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word foofooraw.
Examples
-
What got lost in the foofooraw was Dodd's comment that Dubya should take whoever BigO picks for Treasury and appoint him to the cabinet right now.
-
I was called in by David G. not long before the foofooraw broke out, got the aterials I needed to cook my pitches up, and discovered when I was ready shortly thereafter that David was history, the office was tightlipped about what was going on, and that I was, along with others, pretty much dead to them at the time.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Where No One Has Gone Before | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.