foofaraw
Plural: foofaraws
Noun
- Needless or excessive ornamentation or fuss.
- Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
- Fuss over something of little importance.
Examples
- Some Words With Friends players add FOOFARAW to their strategy, when a simple play would suffice.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in the 1930s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to French fanfaron (“boasting”).
Synonyms
ado, argy-bargy, bangarang, bobbery, brouhaha, bunfight, bust-up, bustle, chaos, clamour, clatter, commotion, disruption, disturbance, flap, foofaraw, fracas, furor, fuss, hobbleshaw, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, kerfuffle, mayhem, merry hell, outcry, palaver, pandemonium, pother, quarrel, riot, rowdydow, ruckus, rumpus, shemozzle, shindy, splatterdash, stir, stooshie, three-ring circus, to-do, tomfoolery, trouble, tumult, turmoil, unrest, uproar, upstir
Scrabble Score: 17
foofaraw: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfoofaraw: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
foofaraw: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary