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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-487/
- Published: 2021-05-30T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-14T18:55:37.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

The word for today is…

folderol (noun) –

1 : a useless ornament or accessory  
2 : nonsense

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folderol?src=search-dict-hed&ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Hogwash. Claptrap. Hooey. Drivel. Malarkey. English is rife with words that mean “nonsense,” and “folderol” is one of the many. Though not the most common of the words for nonsense, it’s been around since 1820 and is still heard today. “Folderol” comes from “fol-de-rol” (or “fal-de-ral”), which used to be a nonsense refrain in songs, much like “tra-la-la.” The oldest recorded instance of someone “singing folderol” occurs in Irish dramatist George Farquhar’s 1701 play Sir Harry Wildair, in which a character sings, “Fal, al, deral!”

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