Folderol – Foolish nonsense
(Pronounced fold-uh-rol)
To remember the definition of the word folderol, use the following mnemonic:
"Fold a Swiss roll" was invented as a new game but it failed because everyone thought it was foolish and made no sense.
Examples of folderol in a sentence
That kind of folderol is enough to make any reasonable person cringe.
Short of all that folderol, this is what you can do.
A few desert flowers bloom amid the folderol.
