William Maclay, a Pennsylvania Democrat and a senator, was a watchdog against the development of any monarchial folderol gathering about the office of the president.
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Folderol
//ˈfɒldəɹəl//
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[The librarian] rang the bell at nine. I hurried over to Philosophy and grabbed anything. It was another Nietzsche: Man and Superman. I knew that would get her. Before stamping it, she flipped a few pages. "My!" she said. "What books you read!" I said, "Haw. That's nothing. I never read folderol." She smiled good night.
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In this confrontation with the magic of science and the magic of folderol, it is almost impossible not to side with the magic of folderol, and the silly, but relatively benign, Merlin.
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“To say the essay has 'development of ideas' is absolute folderol.” “I beg your pardon?” Maria asked. “Folly,” he explained pedantically. “Poppycock. Gibberish.” “I know what folderol means,” Maria said. “I just think you better watch what you say.”
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