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foolery

[ foo-luh-ree ]

noun

plural fooleries.
  1. foolish action or conduct.
  2. a foolish action, performance, or thing.


foolery

/ ˈڳːəɪ /

noun

  1. foolish behaviour
  2. an instance of this, esp a prank or trick
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of foolery1

First recorded in 1545–55; fool 1 + -ery
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In opposing bail, the officer told the court: "We say this is not TikTok foolery. We say this is an enforcer of a drugs debt."

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“Eventually after much tom foolery, the critter was captured and removed from the freeway,” the state police wrote on the agency’s Twitter page.

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It takes no less than 10 seconds for the foolery to start.

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And so the notion that he is a powerless man at the mercy of almighty elites is foolery.

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The whole of humanity doesn’t fit tidily into three acts, even assuming as much frame-breaking foolery as Wilder allows.

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