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tomfoolery

[ tom-foo-luh-ree ]

noun

plural tomfooleries.
  1. foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. a silly act, matter, or thing.


tomfoolery

/ ËŒ³ÙÉ’³¾Ëˆ´Ú³Ü˱ôÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. foolish behaviour
  2. utter nonsense; rubbish
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tomfoolery1

First recorded in 1805–15; tomfool + -ery
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For 11 seasons, Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules†has followed the triumphs, tragedies and tomfooleries of a group of Hollywood 20-something nobodies who became 30-something wannabes as the show became a reality TV juggernaut.

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Cue a medley of exquisite tomfoolery, featuring bawdy badinage, dubious love-poems, mistaken identity, visual gags, a chaotic play-within-a-play and lots of linguistic whimsy.

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“Dunning-Kruger-Times.com is a subsidiary of the ‘America’s Last Line of Defense’ network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery,†the site’s About Us page reads.

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He chalked up the incident as “a case where the skylarking and tomfoolery in an employment context has gone awry.â€

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He told the court this was a case of "skylarking and tomfoolery" that had "gone awry".

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