foo foo coffee

[Alice Faber]

I've always used "frou-frou" for unnecessarily fancy, even
high-fallutin' stuff. All of the semantics in the Urban Dictionary
passage apply.

On 11/30/13 5:07 PM, Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock wrote:
> My family has been using the term for many years, although I'm not clear about the volleyball comment or the pink capri pants. However, a ruffled silk blouse, worn by anyone other than Sophia Loren, would qualify.
>
> No idea sure where it came from.
>
> Kate
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Dan Goodman wrote:
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>> Anything other than straight black coffee is considered “foo foo,” said
>> Sandy Schoenthaler, Taher’s regional manager.
>> http://www.mndaily.com/ae/food/2013/11/27/machine-made-coffee-world-foo-foo-java
>>
>> Urban Dictionary has this.  Looks like it's a fairly new term.
>> 1. Foofoo
>> Adjective used to describe anything that is just a little to frilly,
>> fancy, or "upper crust". Things that are foofoo might also be a bit on
>> the delicate side, or too elegant by half, or even offensively fruity.
>> Spoiled little lap-dogs, $1000 designer handbags, and pink capri pants
>> worn by men all qualify as foofoo. Volleyball, a lightweight game - not
>> a "sport" - played by athletic girls and openly gay men, does not
>> qualify as foofoo.
>> "I just saw Mrs. Vanderbilt buying a Gucci sweater for her poodle. The
>> whole scene was so foofoo."
>> by Corralejo99000 May 28, 2013
>>
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>> Dan Goodman
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>> http://dsgoodman.blogspot.com
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