Word of the Day: foofaraw
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Word of the Day: foofaraw
Both definitions are on topic.
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Word of the Day for Tuesday August 17, 2004
foofaraw \FOO-fuh-raw\, noun:
1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
2. A fuss over a matter of little importance.
A somber, muted descending motif opens and closes the work, which is brief but effective. It provided much needed relief from the fanfares and foofaraw in which brass-going composers so often indulge.
--Philip Kennicott, "Brass Spectacular is a Spectacle of Special Sound," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 17, 1997
After working in the news business for a number of years, I've become a bit cynical about mass-media coverage of events like the Y2K foofaraw.
--Roy Clancy, "Ready for Y2K...," Calgary Sun, December 15, 1999
Making the Times best-seller list, or a movie, or all that other foofaraw is not necessarily proof of [a novel's] lasting significance.
--Roger K. Miller, "'Peyton Place' was remarkably good bad novel," Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 29, 1996
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Word of the Day for Tuesday August 17, 2004
foofaraw \FOO-fuh-raw\, noun:
1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
2. A fuss over a matter of little importance.
A somber, muted descending motif opens and closes the work, which is brief but effective. It provided much needed relief from the fanfares and foofaraw in which brass-going composers so often indulge.
--Philip Kennicott, "Brass Spectacular is a Spectacle of Special Sound," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 17, 1997
After working in the news business for a number of years, I've become a bit cynical about mass-media coverage of events like the Y2K foofaraw.
--Roy Clancy, "Ready for Y2K...," Calgary Sun, December 15, 1999
Making the Times best-seller list, or a movie, or all that other foofaraw is not necessarily proof of [a novel's] lasting significance.
--Roger K. Miller, "'Peyton Place' was remarkably good bad novel," Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 29, 1996
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Well, even better, and obscure enough to excape a dirty look from your mom, is "coprolite" and the adjectival form "coprolitic."TomB wrote:Nanohedron wrote:A good word! I'm partial to "crap", myself.
Or maybe....uhh, yeah, Crap, that's it....
Tom
I actually have an example of coprolite at home, but it didn't come with documentation or any provenance--lord knows what I'll ever do with it.
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coprolites, due to extreme constipation...heavens...where on earth did you get that piece of sh*t from?mvhplank wrote:Well, even better, and obscure enough to excape a dirty look from your mom, is "coprolite" and the adjectival form "coprolitic."TomB wrote:Nanohedron wrote:A good word! I'm partial to "crap", myself.
Or maybe....uhh, yeah, Crap, that's it....
Tom
I actually have an example of coprolite at home, but it didn't come with documentation or any provenance--lord knows what I'll ever do with it.
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Here's a contribution which is almost on topic. At an Annapolis shop which used to sell Irish and Welsh knick knacks and memorabilia (including whistles--see, that's the on topic part)
someone had rearranged the letters in a shillelagh(that's the mispelled part,) window vignette to spell "merde." That was on display for quite a few weeks.
someone had rearranged the letters in a shillelagh(that's the mispelled part,) window vignette to spell "merde." That was on display for quite a few weeks.
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You can insult your illiterate friends with "coproceph" (adj. coprocephalic) and "coprophage" (adj. coprophagous), too.mvhplank wrote:Well, even better, and obscure enough to excape a dirty look from your mom, is "coprolite" and the adjectival form "coprolitic."
Challenge of the the week: Say "coprophagous coprocephs" three times at high speed.
Mike Wright
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"When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place."
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Ever been to the turd museum? Ya ,they 've got some really neat sh*t in there... and some of that crap is really expensive! T I used 3 potty words AND paraphrased Steve Martin.amar wrote:coprolites, due to extreme constipation...heavens...where on earth did you get that piece of sh*t from?mvhplank wrote:Well, even better, and obscure enough to excape a dirty look from your mom, is "coprolite" and the adjectival form "coprolitic."TomB wrote:
Or maybe....uhh, yeah, Crap, that's it....
Tom
I actually have an example of coprolite at home, but it didn't come with documentation or any provenance--lord knows what I'll ever do with it.
M
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Re: Word of the Day: foofaraw
Would this be correct?BillChin wrote:
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Word of the Day for Tuesday August 17, 2004
foofaraw \FOO-fuh-raw\, noun:
1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
2. A fuss over a matter of little importance.
My first wife was a plague to humanity with her endless foofaraw.
"You have my undivided attention"