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folderol
noun fol·de·rol \ˈfäl-də-ˌräl\
: foolish language, behavior, or ideas
Full Definition of FOLDEROL
1
: a useless ornament or accessory : trifle
2
: nonsense
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Variants of FOLDEROL
fol·de·rol also fal·de·ral \ˈfal-də-ˌral\
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Origin of FOLDEROL
fol-de-rol, a nonsense refrain in songs
First Known Use: circa 1820
Related to FOLDEROL
- Synonyms
- applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, nonsense (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
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