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(tŏm-fū'lə-rē) pronunciation

n., pl., -ies.

Foolish behavior.
Something trivial or foolish; nonsense.

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Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, zaniness. Informal craziness. See ability/inability.
Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts: devilry, deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischief, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness. Informal shenanigan (often used in plural). See good/bad.
Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull¹, bunk², crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

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tomfoolery
jewellery: she's all done up with tomfoolery

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noun
noun

= tom² noun. (1931 —) .

[Rhyming slang for jewellery noun.]

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This article is about the cartoon series. For the revue musical based on the words and music of Tom Lehrer, see Tom Foolery

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The Tomfoolery Show is an American cartoon comedy television series made and first broadcast in 1970, based on the works of Edward Lear. The animation was done at the Halas and Batchelor Studios in London and Stroud. Though the works of other writers were also used, notably Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash, Lear's works were the main source, and characters like The Yongy Bonghy Bo and The Unmbrageous Umbrella Maker were all Lear creations. Some original material was also written based on characters created by Lear, although much of the material was a straight recital of poems and limericks or songs using Lear's poems set to music. A recurring joke had a delivery boy running around trying to deliver a large plant and shouting 'Plant for Mrs Discobolus!'.

The series was produced by Rankin/Bass, who also made the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (television special) and Frosty the Snowman.

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Television specials	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer • Return to Oz • The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show • The Ballad of Smokey the Bear • The Cricket on the Hearth • The Mouse on the Mayflower • The Little Drummer Boy • Frosty the Snowman • The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians • Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town • Here Comes Peter Cottontail • The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes • Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters • Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea • Red Baron • That Girl in Wonderland • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas • The Year Without a Santa Claus • The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow • The First Easter Rabbit • Frosty's Winter Wonderland • Rudolph's Shiny New Year • The Little Drummer Boy, Book II • The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town • The Hobbit • Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey • The Stingiest Man in Town • Jack Frost • The Return of the King • Pinocchio's Christmas • The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold •The Coneheads • The Wind in the Willows • The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus • The Flight of Dragons • Santa Baby!

Feature films	Willy McBean and his Magic Machine • The Daydreamer • The Wacky World of Mother Goose • Mad Monster Party? • King Kong Escapes • Marco • The Last Dinosaur • The Bermuda Depths • The Bushido Blade • Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July • The Ivory Ape • The Last Unicorn • The Sins of Dorian Gray

Television series	The New Adventures of Pinocchio • Tales of the Wizard of Oz • The King Kong Show • The Smokey Bear Show • The Tomfoolery Show • The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show • The Jackson 5ive Show • The Osmonds • Kid Power • Festival of Family Classics • ThunderCats • SilverHawks • TigerSharks • The Comic Strip

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dummestreger, narrestreger

Nederlands (Dutch)
malligheid

Français (French)
n. - pitreries, âneries

Deutsch (German)
n. - Blödsinn

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βλακεία, χαζομάρα, ανόητη συμπεριφορά

Italiano (Italian)
scemenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tolice (f), disparate (m), patetice (f)

Русский (Russian)
дурачество, шутовство

Español (Spanish)
n. - estupidez, tontería

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dårskap, tokigheter, skoj, dumma skämt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
愚蠢的举动, 无聊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 愚蠢的舉動, 無聊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 멍텅구리 짓, 광대짓, 하찮은 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ばかな言動, くだらないこと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سخافه, جنون, حماقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התנהגות טיפשית, טיפשות, שטות‬

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