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foofaraw

\FOO-fuh-raw\ , noun:
1.Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
2.A fuss over a matter of little importance.
名词 n.
1.(服装等的)褶边,华丽的装饰
2.大惊小怪

Quotes:
A somber, muted descending motif opens and closes the work, which is brief but effective. It provided much needed relief from the fanfares and foofaraw in which brass-going composers so often indulge.
~Philip Kennicott, "Brass Spectacular is a Spectacle of Special Sound", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 17, 1997
As usual, with all cooperation with Tom Lea, Art becomes a "taking away" process rather than the adding of ornaments, rules, and other foofaraw.
~David R. Farmer, Stanley Marcus: A Life With Books
Making the Times best-seller list, or a movie, or all that other foofaraw is not necessarily proof of [a novel's] lasting significance.
~Roger K. Miller, "Peyton Place' was remarkably good bad novel", Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 29, 1996

Origin:
Foofaraw is perhaps from Spanish fanfarrón, "a braggart."