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folderol
Nonsense or foolishness. His explanation is total folderol and doesn't answer the question at all. Don't give me that excuse! It's folderol, and you know it! Dave said he's smooth with the ladies? Ha, there's a notion that's pure folderol.
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falderal
and folderol (ˈfɑldɚɑl) n. wasted effort; nonsense. I had about enough of your falderal.
folderol
verbMcGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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In case you're wondering,
Falderal means nonsense or whimsy - a deliberately wide-open non-theme that allowed Webster to shoot off at random tangents in a seemingly free-form style.
Though electricity and all its associated
falderals had no place in the lives of the pioneers, times have changed and will continue to do so at warp speed.
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