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fufu¹

  • /ˈfuːˌfuː/ UK
  • /ˈfuˌfu/ US

Rhymes with -uːfuː

Where it comes from

From West African languages, such as Lingala fufú (“white-white”).

noun foofoo · foo-foo · foufou

  1. uncountable A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form. Africans generally serve highly seasoned stews with a starch - corn, millet, yams, cassava or rice - which they mash and whip to a paste, called fufu in West Africa. This is topped with a sauce known as palava.

    Similar: choke-me

fufu²

  • /ˈfuːˌfuː/ UK
  • /ˈfuˌfu/ US

Rhymes with -uːfuː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese ふふ (fufu, onomatopoeia for laughter).

interjection

  1. alternative, slang, in translations of Japanese works Alternative form of fufufu (onomatopoeia for laughter; especially a snicker).

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@misc{fufu_2026,
  title = {fufu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fufu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}