Fee-faw-fum

intj, noun

intj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.

    "The kindly fee-faw-fums of childhood, how many delicious shivers we owe them; the Things that stood behind doors, that trooped into the church when the congregation went out, that lurked in closet corners and under the bed […]"

  2. 2
    Any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. archaic, broadly

    "J. H. Newman impudent fee-faw-fums"

Intj
  1. 1
    A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.

Example

More examples

"The kindly fee-faw-fums of childhood, how many delicious shivers we owe them; the Things that stood behind doors, that trooped into the church when the congregation went out, that lurked in closet corners and under the bed […]"

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