Foofy vs Fooey - What's the difference?
foofy | fooey |
(slang) Excessively frilly or frou-frou, typically in a manner calculated to attract attention to an otherwise unremarkable person or event.
(slang) Poofy; inflated in a funny way.
(slang) Big and fluffy.
* 1959 , , chapter 4,
*:"You see, I knew that's what you were aiming at," he concluded quietly.
*:"Fooey ."
As an adjective foofy
is excessively frilly or frou-frou, typically in a manner calculated to attract attention to an otherwise unremarkable person or event.As an interjection fooey is
an alternative spelling of lang=en.foofy
English
Adjective
(er)Quotations
* 2001. Meg Cabot. The Princess Diaries , HarperCollins, page 107: *: I had to sit down on one of the pink foofy chairs before I fell down.References
*foofy'', in ''Cat Dictionary . * Reuter, Donald F. (2006) Gay-2-Zee: A Dictionary of Sex, Subtext, and the Sublime , page 79.[http://books.google.com/books?id=7FpPbfVRm3MC&pg=PA79&dq=foofy&ei=mbIGSMekOYjgsQOmlOTiCg&sig=_bNDu1QknrnIr-yF4HHUpCnpSMU] English blends
fooey
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- What if I was. It was a pretty good goal to have, it seemed to me.
