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

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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

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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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