100 years before I was born….
Now that has a wonderful ring to it, foofarah this and
foofarah that, we sometimes shorten it to froufrou – or at least that is what I
remember.
And straight out of one of my favorite sites http://wordsmith.org/awad/
ETYMOLOGY:
Foofaraw is a word from the American
West, but how was it formed? Nobody knows. Perhaps from French fanfaron or
Spanish fanfarrón.
Earliest documented use: 1848.
Meaning:
2. Fuss; commotion.
I love the froofarah of Christmas –
the more the merrier and the like. As a child one of the greatest treats on
Christmas Eve was after opening presents and having had dinner we were allowed
to fill our pockets with cookies (some of us got sick every Christmas Eve, but
I’m not naming names) pile into the car and go see the decorations of the
mansions in Pasadena. A child’s wonderland.
As to the other definition: I can
make a froofarah at times myself so it is good to have the appropriate word
with which to confound my family or friends.
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| From ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-01/christmas-lights-and-how-to-avoid-complaints-from-neighbours/10564582 |
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