fofarraw

Noun

foofaraw (countable and uncountable, plural foofaraws)

1. (informal) Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
   • The thumping bands, the badges, the pretty girls and all the time-honored foofaraw failed to charge up the Republican batteries to the sparking point. The great engine just would not turn over — at the start.1944, Time, volume 44, page 15
2. (informal) Fuss over something of little importance.
   • In the whole foofaraw around Napster, what mostly got lost was the artists. They are the Belgians of this controversy, trampled by armies heading someplace else.2001 February 23, Paulina Borsook, “Art's Cold Welcome on the Web”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   ado, argy-bargy, bangarang, bobbery, brouhaha, bunfight, bustle, bust-up, chaos, ferment