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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Fol-de-rol

I was reading something yesterday and came across the unfamiliar word fol-de-rol (also spelled folderol). It means nonsense and was an older English version of saying "la, la, la" in songs. Since the refrain was just a filler, people used to use it to mean irrelevant or foolish. 

This is your word for the day. You're welcome.

Posted by Gerard Magliocca on May 11, 2023 at 09:28 AM | Permalink

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