foofaraw
Origin of foofaraw
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MORE ABOUT FOOFARAW
Where does foofaraw come from?
A foofaraw is either “a great fuss about something insignificant” or “an excessive amount of decoration.”
Etymologists think the word, which evidence now suggests is recorded in the American West in the mid-1800s, is based on the French fanfaron, “boastful,” and Spanish fanfarrĂłn, “vain, arrogant.” These words are apparently meant to sound “showy,” like a fanfare.
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Foofarawâs notion of making a big deal out of something insignificant is similar to the expression make a mountain out of a molehill. And foofarawâs sense of excessive decoration can be conveyed using the noun forms of such adjectives as garish, gaudy, or ostentatious.
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