fol-de-rol

alternative folderal · alternative fol de rol · alternative falderal · alternative fal-de-ral

1. Nonsense word traditional to English ballads and madrigals.

   Fol-de-rol and fiddle dee dee and fiddley faddley foddle. All the wishes in the world are poppycock and twaddle.

   1957, Richard Rodgers, Cinderella

plural fol-de-rols · alternative folderal · alternative fol de rol · alternative falderal · alternative fal-de-ral

1. alternativeAlternative form of folderol.
2. A gaudy thing of little value; a trinket.
3. Nonsense.
4. Excessive efforts expended on a something trivial; much ado about nothing.