folderol

fol·de·rol

noun \ˈfäl-də-ˌräl\

Definition of FOLDEROL

1

: a useless ornament or accessory : trifle

2

: nonsense

Variants of FOLDEROL

fol·de·rol also fal·de·ral \ˈfal-də-ˌral\

Examples of FOLDEROL

1. I wish we could just discuss these questions without having to go through all the folderol of a formal meeting.
2. <wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them>

Origin of FOLDEROL

fol-de-rol, a nonsense refrain in songs

First Known Use: circa 1820

Related to FOLDEROL

Synonyms

applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, nonsense (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle

Related Words

absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy; absurdness, craziness, madness, senselessness, witlessness; hoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; gas, hot air, rigmarole (also rigamarole); double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus

Near Antonyms

levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness; common sense, horse sense, sense; discernment, judgment (or judgement), wisdom

Rhymes with FOLDEROL

à cheval, aerosol, femme fatale, Heyerdahl, parasol, pastorale, Portugal, protocol, Provençal, Senegal, Simmental, urial, Wuppertal