tomfoolery
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lə noun, plural tom·fool·er·ies.
1.
foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness.
2.
a silly act, matter, or thing.
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| —n , pl -eries | |
| 1. | foolish behaviour |
| 2. | utter nonsense; rubbish |
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Tomfoolery
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
Example sentences
Even if it were kept free from the meretricious tomfoolery of the modern stage.
And such silliness affords us the extra pleasure of reading your calm but oh-so-droll rebuttals to their shrill tomfoolery.
All the fidgeting, the tomfoolery, the vagueness and lack of concentration vanished the moment that he stood or sat at an easel.
It was more of a soundtrack for all the dancing, play-acting and three-ring tomfoolery on stage.
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