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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (48431)5/28/2002 5:12:09 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Thanks
I don't remember seeing anyone ever using that before in conversation
very nice
I associated it with frippery
I hope that is a word
I'm going to go look and see



To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (48431)5/28/2002 5:19:26 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
I always spelled it folderol (and I use it so frequently, as I'm sure you've noticed)
but I see it has two spellings, folderol and falderal.

My mother always said "Well, folderol and fiddledeedee" in a fake Scarlett O'Hara voice when she thought I was acting pretentious.



To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (48431)5/28/2002 5:20:37 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 82486
 
my dad used to say that to us when we were little when we would horse around...

My father used to say that, too, under the same circumstances. I always took it to mean that I should sit down and shut up, so I inferred that the word meant "commotion." Incorrectly, as it turns out. Learned something today. Not something particularly useful, but still...


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