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TWADDLE
baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing
chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
twaddle (countable and uncountable, plural twaddles)
(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. [from 1782.]
(countable) One who twaddles; a twaddler.
Synonyms
• See also chatter
Verb
twaddle (third-person singular simple present twaddles, present participle twaddling, simple past and past participle twaddled)
To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
Synonyms
• See also nonsense
Source: Wiktionary
Twad"dle, v. i. & t. Etym: [See Twattle.]
Definition: To talk a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst.
Twad"dle, n.
Definition: Silly talk; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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