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tom foolery 

Cockney rhyming slang for 'jewelry'. Often shortened to just 'tom'.
"Seems like the victim had some tom foolery taken as well..."
tom foolery by splatharri February 14, 2013

Tom Foolery 

noun; it's when you do something stupid, it's normally violent and it and is not necessarily funny, dumb nicknames often ensue.
Tom Foolery is like punching a metal trash can while walking down the street. It should make an excessively loud noise.

Tom Foolery 

sticking a half-smoked joint into the carb of a pipe and covering the bowl with your thumb.
Tanner didnt want to burn his hand on the roach, so he committed tom foolery and succeeded in his journey.
Tom Foolery by rexamillion April 25, 2011

Tom-foolery 

The behavior of a "Black" person who is excessively deferential to white people or complicit in white oppression, often for personal gain or social acceptance.
"Attending Trump’s second inauguration wasn’t just a bad look—it was straight-up Tom-foolery."

or

"Dating preferences are personal, but when someone exclusively dates white partners while disparaging Black women, that starts to look like Tom-foolery."

or

"There’s a difference between making a living in adult entertainment and actively feeding into racist tropes. Performing under a name like ‘Mandingo’ or engaging in race-play content that glorifies slavery-era fantasies? That’s not just exploitation—that’s Tom-foolery."
Tom-foolery by Shit-Talker February 12, 2025

tom ass foolery 

an extreme case of tomfoolery;absurd nonsense or foolishness;unexplainable stupidity
Guy #1: Did you see the fat moron in the parking lot wearing the Jedi robe the other day?

Guy #2: Yea,I was walking to my car and as I passed him he pulled this gay laser sword on me. I just laughed in his face. What a fucking idiot!

Guy #2: Haha,now that's some tom ass foolery right there.

Tom foolary 

Something yelled at the top of an elderly persons lungs to describe anger towards a younger generation. It is slightly more annoying than a shenanigan and slightly less evil than hooliganism.
A teenager places a bag of burning dog poop on an elderly womans porch and runs away after ringing the doorbell.

Woman yells: You dam youngins and your tom foolary.
Tom foolary by appathedic April 29, 2005
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