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Iggo

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21. Folderol is hooplah that just might be balderdash.

Reply to Phentex (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 6, 2016, 10:46 AM

Jul 2016

As in, "What's all this folderol?" (It helps if you're standing with your arms akimbo.)

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I like the word cahoots but I rarely get to use it... [View all] Phentex Jul 2016 OP

Not a word, but a phrase: "None other than..." First Speaker Jul 2016 #1

Do you ever get to say it? Phentex Jul 2016 #19

sometimes...I like to use it for its irony... First Speaker Jul 2016 #20

Cavalcade. Scuba Jul 2016 #2

I can't say it... Phentex Jul 2016 #18

Serendipitous mnhtnbb Jul 2016 #3

a pleasant sounding word for sure Phentex Jul 2016 #17

Kibosh Tom Kitten Jul 2016 #4

I like caboodle Phentex Jul 2016 #16

My mom had a cat named Kitten Caboodle OriginalGeek Jul 2016 #25

canabinoids redwitch Jul 2016 #5

Yes! I use that one as often as possible! nt csziggy Jul 2016 #8

always a good one Phentex Jul 2016 #15

folderal and foofarah rurallib Jul 2016 #6

say what? Phentex Jul 2016 #14

Folderol is hooplah that just might be balderdash. Iggo Jul 2016 #21

consider this stolen... Phentex Jul 2016 #30

Hobo Generic Brad Jul 2016 #7

that's another one hard to work into Phentex Jul 2016 #13

Here is a Rachel Feinstein joke/story with the word in it jakeXT Jul 2016 #9

Ha! Phentex Jul 2016 #11

Cahoots can be used pretty much any time politicians and lobbyists get together. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #10

Probably so... Phentex Jul 2016 #12

I use "cahoots" every time I describe an owl's sneeze. Orrex Jul 2016 #22

well then what's a cat sneeze? Phentex Jul 2016 #31

Catchoo. Orrex Jul 2016 #33

"Strew" femmocrat Jul 2016 #23

I like strewn... Phentex Jul 2016 #32

'Screwn' is better... Wounded Bear Jul 2016 #54

Plethora Mendocino Jul 2016 #24

I have been looking at Lupine collars for my pups Phentex Jul 2016 #34

Lambent. 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #42

'Behooves' LynneSin Jul 2016 #26

My mother used to say behooves... Phentex Jul 2016 #35

I like calling men Rapscallions. nt clarice Jul 2016 #27

definitely not one I've used... Phentex Jul 2016 #36

Sometimes laughter.... sometimes a very quizzical look. lol clarice Jul 2016 #39

"Dude, stop cahooting. That last one may have blinded me." PufPuf23 Jul 2016 #28

I used that yesterday... Phentex Jul 2016 #37

------------------------ Etymology kentauros Jul 2016 #29

Love it! Phentex Jul 2016 #38

We most certainly are. 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #43

Q: Are we not men? kentauros Jul 2016 #46

You don't have much use for the word cahoots? Baitball Blogger Jul 2016 #40

HA HA HA! Phentex Jul 2016 #41

How about... 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #44

how about Phentex Jul 2016 #47

slapdash trof Jul 2016 #45

and cousin Phentex Jul 2016 #48

ubiquitious is a great word ailsagirl Jul 2016 #49

3 words that come to mind from reading Victorian novels: IcyPeas Jul 2016 #50

My goodness! I worked as an amanuensis for over 35 years and did not know that word! nt Still Blue in PDX Jul 2016 #53

would look great on a resume. lol IcyPeas Jul 2016 #55

Penultimate aidbo Jul 2016 #51

I've always been a fan of "flotsam and jetsam". bluedigger Jul 2016 #52