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Foofaraw N Fuss Made Insignificant Excessive Ornamentation Americans

Word foofaraw
Definition n. Fuss made over something insignificant; excessive ornamentation.
Sentence For many Americans who don’t celebrate Christmas, sitting out the foofaraw while the whole country conducts Christmas consumption is an annual dose of alienation.
Source The Atlantic, Dec. 2020

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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