Usually means: Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
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  7. foofaraw: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ noun:  Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
▸ noun:  Fuss over something of little importance.

Similar:
overadornment, overdecoration, bedizenry, bling, overembellishment, peacockery, overdelicacy, gaudery, extravagance, overfloridness, more...

Opposite:
simplicity, plainness, minimalism

Types:
hubbub, uproar, rumpus, tumult, brouhaha, kerfuffle, melee, more...

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Similar:
overadornment, overdecoration, bedizenry, bling, overembellishment, peacockery, overdelicacy, gaudery, extravagance, overfloridness, more...

Opposite:
simplicity, plainness, minimalism

Types:
hubbub, uproar, rumpus, tumult, brouhaha, kerfuffle, melee, more...



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