foofoo
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Possibly a simplified form of frou-frou.
Adjective[edit]
foofoo (comparative more foofoo, superlative most foofoo)
- (derogatory) Anodyne; unbefitting of a man or of an adult.
- 2013 October 7, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- Here we are. A man's coffee for me, and a soy foofoo coffee for you. […] I think the barista assumed I was buying the foofoo coffee for my girlfriend.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
foofoo (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of fufu.
- 1965, Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God, Penguin Classics (2010), page 168:
- The foofoo had a very good texture, neither too light nor too heavy; no doubt the cassava had been lightened with green bananas.
Etymology 3[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
foofoo
- Alternative form of Foo
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Foo.