oofle dust

[Elizabeth Johnson]

Is that where "Little Bunny Foo-Foo" came from?

Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>
> Roly,
>
> I grew up with foo-foo dust (same meaning) in the South Midlands US. See
> DARE (Vol II) for a West African foofoo (dough) which came to the US and
> one Illinois citation for foo-foo dust meaning "dust bunny" (little balls
> of dust which collect under furniture). I'm surprised DARE doesn't have
> foo-foo dust for "magic powder."