Fee-faw-fum
intj, noun
intj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. archaic, broadly
"J. H. Newman impudent fee-faw-fums"
Intj
- 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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