foofoo

See also: FooFoo, fufú, and foo-foo

English

Etymology 1

Possibly a simplified form of frou-frou.

Adjective

foofoo (comparative more foofoo, superlative most foofoo)

1. (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

Noun

foofoo (uncountable)

1. 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

Proper noun

foofoo

1. Alternative form of Foo

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Foo.