falderal

[fal-duh-ral]

fal·de·ral

[fal-duh-ral]
noun
1.
mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
2.
a trifle; gimcrack; gew-gaw.
Also, fal·de·rol [fal-duh-rol] , folderol.


Origin:
1695–1705; orig. as a nonsense refrain in songs; of obscure origin
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Falderal is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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falderal, falderol or folderol (ˈfældɪˌræl, ˈfældɪˌrɒl, ˈfɒldɪˌrɒl)
 
n
1.  a showy but worthless trifle
2.  foolish nonsense
3.  a nonsensical refrain in old songs
 
falderol, falderol or folderol
 
n
 
folderol, falderol or folderol
 
n

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falderal definition

[ˈfɑldɚɑl]
and folderol
  1. n.
    wasted effort; nonsense. : I had about enough of your falderal.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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