Fufu

//ˈfuːˌfuː// intj, noun, slang

intj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form. uncountable

    "Africans generally serve highly seasoned stews with a starch - corn, millet, yams, cassava or rice - which they mash and whip to a paste, called fufu in West Africa. This is topped with a sauce known as palava."

Intj
  1. 1
    Alternative form of fufufu (onomatopoeia for laughter; especially a snicker). alt-of, alternative, slang

Synonyms

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choke-mewee-wee

Example

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""You eat fufu every day?" "I eat it almost every day.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From West African languages, such as Lingala fufú (“white-white”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ふふ (fufu, onomatopoeia for laughter).

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