foppery

noun

ˈfä-p(ə-)rē How to pronounce foppery (audio)
Definition of fopperynext
as in insanity
a foolish act or idea regards the platform shoe as one of the unfortunate fopperies of the 1970s that should remain buried in fashion's scrap heap

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  1. insanity
  2. idiocy
  3. absurdity
  4. imbecility
Noun
  • The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over.
    — Ryan Ottignon, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Bennett asked the jury to find Hinton not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • There's always been an element of complete idiocy in the culture.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Forty years on, Spy magazine is best remembered, not unjustly, as the first entity to call out Trump for his tackiness, villainy, and arrant idiocy.
    — David Kamp, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of idiocy
Noun
  • Even amid so many absurdities, one of the strangest things that happens this week is Rainbeau suddenly developing an English accent.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
  • For all the absurdity, though, the award carries considerable weight — even if the timing is bittersweet.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of absurdity
Noun
  • When Constanze reaches her breaking point, Mozart’s imbecility is exposed as fragility.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of imbecility
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