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also falderal
as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them
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Recent Examples of folderol
River has been a de facto protagonist from the start, and life-threatening spy folderol has always been at least a little personal, as his retired spymaster grandfather has featured prominently in the show from the beginning.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Yet Bennett and pianist Ralph Sharon strip away any and all rococo folderol to get to the meat of rejection with their spare, cutting (yet still happily hammy) rendition.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 July 2023
But beneath the back-and-forth, the folderol exposes a larger weakness of his position.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
Luse had no use for such modern folderol.
—Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 July 2022
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Yet Bennett and pianist Ralph Sharon strip away any and all rococo folderol to get to the meat of rejection with their spare, cutting (yet still happily hammy) rendition.
—A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 July 2023
But beneath the back-and-forth, the folderol exposes a larger weakness of his position.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
Luse had no use for such modern folderol.
—Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folderol
Noun
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On August 22, Blue Bell Creameries announced a voluntary recall of its 64-ounce Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream due to the presence of undeclared nuts, which pose a risk to individuals with nut allergies.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Just roll it over large patches of nuts and the roller collects them quickly.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One reader emailed us to emphatically declare Andrew the worst, citing its homeless population, garbage and bird poop.—
Isabelle Friedman,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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So San Diegans are helping with the $1 million-per-day cost of garbage removal there, too.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Rotate tomatoes to a spot previously occupied by corn, cabbage, or beans to help prevent blight, wilt, bacterial spot, and anthracnose.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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However, there was a problem using beans.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even from a young age, Ann seeks transcendence, and Fastvold conveys both the dark crowded muck of poverty and the young girl’s airy dreams of light and love.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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Over the last 15 years, more than two-thirds of the waterway has been slowly brought back to life through concerted efforts to remove or cap toxic muck.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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What really makes Dog Man special, though, is how Pilkey’s trademark mix of absurd silliness and surprising sincerity shines through.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Winston’s in danger of being crushed by the system, not just a few popular-kid sociopaths, and the unassuming nature of Dinklage’s performance gives the character a stubborn dignity amid all the silliness and prosthetics.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Kennedy has elevated threats to the livelihoods of scientists who have resisted his brand of balderdash from the implicit to the explicit.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Nov. 2024
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While schools do exist in rough tiers of selectivity, size, excellence, prestige and so forth, the idea of precise rankings is balderdash.—
David M. Perry,
CNN,
14 Sep. 2022
Noun
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So in the midst of poverty imposed by the American embargo and the frequent stupidity of their own government, Cubans struggle to eke out a life.—
Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025
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He and his great family should not be forced to endure this ‘stupidity’ any longer!—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Alongside a pervasive interest in alternative-medicine practices and New Age beliefs, more people could be in danger of getting pulled into the flapdoodle.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2024
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Poppycock with an average flapdoodle reading of +10 million fiddle faddles.—
Caity Weaver,
New York Times,
23 Nov. 2022
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“Folderol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folderol. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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