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."
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.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.