"tomfoolery" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is used as a noun to refer to acts of foolish behavior that may be playful and lighthearted in nature. Example sentence: We had a great time at the party with all the tomfoolery.
Isabel Young and I co-authored this report, which showed how such sexist "tomfoolery" can easily spill over into harassment and violence.
Among his Labour colleagues there was much speculation as to whether he would bow to the queen or defy what he surely considered the snobbish, southern tomfoolery of court etiquette.
He advised them when they split from their various wives and girlfriends, and chided them for their tomfoolery during discussions over contracts.
Is it unfair to assume he would conclude the CAP and state intervention were needed more than ever?Having reported on the nonsense from France, it is right to report similar tomfoolery in Britain, where the head of a company that makes the Hovis brand of sliced brown bread attempted to blame government support for biofuels for a price rise of nearly 8% in the cost of one of his loaves.
Since most Americans are no longer virgins when they get married, one must assume that most find the risks associated with a certain amount of pre-marital tomfoolery to be acceptable.This should not be surprising.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's "tomfoolery" and "unbecoming" behaviour spoiled a commemoration of the 1976 Soweto uprising on June 16th.
While its an straightforward leap from running the Large Hadron Collider to sci-fi themed tomfoolery, we think this story that researchers have "confirmed the existence of the Force" is still a good effort.
Before the race, he had been grimacing over the tomfoolery of a morning coat and top hat.
Talking when the teacher is, passing notes to friends, mobile phones out when they shouldn't be, and just general tomfoolery in class would all warrant a detention slip or two from a ruffled teacher.
In effect he's saying, "It's all very well you mucking about with this childish election tomfoolery, but I've got a country to run".
You can lead your conductor into the Wolves' Glen on the end of a 12-bore shotgun and immediately undercut the tomfoolery with a storming account of the evil huntsman Caspar's aria "Schweig, Schweig".
