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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: epicure who wrote (48429)5/28/2002 6:09:50 PM
From: The Philosopher   of 82486
 
According to the OED, falderol, or folderol, or fal de rol, is "1. as a meaningless refrain in songs. 2. a gewgar, trifle; a flimsy thing." First usage dates back to 1701; second to c. 1820,

Found another nice word while looking (one of the charms of the OED is serendipity)-- faldistory. Sounds nice if you put the accent on the second syllable. Means the seat or throne of a bishop within the chancel. Maybe we could adapt it here as the seat of one of authority on a thread -- "kholt occupies the faldistory on this thread."
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