Never heard of this or foo-foo before growing up in Upstate NY, but is it too much of a coincidence to suppose that oofle is related to Shakespeare's ouphes 'elves' /u:fs/ in Merry Wives of Windsor 4.4.50, 5.5.57? If I remember right, elves lost /l/ somewhere along the line to give ouphes... Dale Coye The College of NJ