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foofaraw

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foo·fa·raw  (ff-rô)
n.
1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation.
2. A fuss over a trifling matter.
[Probably from Spanish fanfarrón, boaster; see fanfaronade, and from French frou-frou, rustling (of imitative origin).]


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The early National Review endorsed neither Eisenhower nor Nixon; after some internal foofaraw about whether or not to back further-right challenger William Knowland in '56, Buckley proudly and publicly abstained from voting at all.
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