Talk:bumfoolery

RFV
"Messing about, often in a homosexual way." Needs a better definition if it is citable somewhere. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:14, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Oddly enough Google Books gets one relevant hit. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:47, 1 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I've added three cites that support a definition along the lines of "messing about" or "nonsense", and there are more. Oddly, a sense related to homosexual activity is harder to support. I say "oddly" because (1) Cassell's Dictionary of Slang lists only that sense, (2) the only use on Google Books (which I've also added) seems to be using it in that sense, and (3) both Google Groups–proper hits seem to be in that sense (even though not even one of Google Groups' ten Usenet hits is). —Ruakh TALK 00:24, 20 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Eh, passed. The current definition is broad enough that it covers both the homosexuality-related and general quotations. - -sche (discuss) 22:00, 5 August 2011 (UTC)