fool

[Dan Goncharoff]

Isn't the Fool's Jig a long-standing part of the tradition of Morris
dancing? I think the image of a dancing fool goes back to the 18th C
at least.

DanG



On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:13 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have another reality show question. I've been thinking about the
> expression "[to] be an X fool", where X could be many things, but is often
> an -ing participle. I am not sure under which category of fools (in the
> OED) it fits. The particular sentence that stuck in my mind is a few years
> old--from Queer Eye for a Straight Guy first season.
>
> "Men are exfoliating fools."
>
> Any ideas? Or is it just a shade or two away from the main meaning?
>
> VS-)
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