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Reply 6: Pansophic Polls
Word of the Day, December 14

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:55 pm


folderol • FAHL-duh-rahl • noun

1 : a useless ornament or accessory : trifle

*2 : nonsense

Example Sentence:
Cherie dismissed the tabloid article as useless folderol.

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Hogwash. Claptrap. Hooey. Drivel. Malarkey. English is rife with words that mean "nonsense," and "folderol" is one of the many. Though not the most common of the words for nonsense, it's been around since 1820 and is still heard today. "Folderol" comes from "fol-de-rol" (or "fal-de-ral"), which used to be a nonsense refrain in songs, much like "tra-la-la." The oldest recorded instance of someone "singing folderol" occurs in Irish dramatist George Farquhar's 1701 play Sir Harry Wildair, in which a character sings, "Fal, al, deral!"

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:57 pm


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:35 am


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:17 pm


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