taradiddle
Americannoun
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a small lie; fib.
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pretentious nonsense.
noun
Etymology
Origin of taradiddle
First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain; cf. diddle 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Catherine Rampell’s Nov. 16 op-ed, “Delusions on both sides of the aisle,” provided a cogent explanation of the current inflation taradiddle.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021
Of course, perhaps there really are “both sides” to this question: truth and taradiddle.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/AFP/Getty Images The folderol and taradiddle, Black Rod's knocking and all the arcanery of preposterous ceremony did nothing to gild a lame little programme.
From The Guardian • May 8, 2013
This is his film biography, and it declares a ringing hail and farewell to the hero, with all the domestic and military taradiddle that Hollywood finds necessary on such occasions.
From Time Magazine Archive
You see, Chick, all that Miss Fullgarney has to do—if she hasn't already done it—is to tell a trifling taradiddle to Muriel concerning the events of last night.
From The Gay Lord Quex A Comedy in Four Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir
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