twaddle
[twod-l]
noun
trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
verb (used without object), twad·dled, twad·dling.
to talk in a trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious manner; prate.
verb (used with object), twad·dled, twad·dling.
to utter as twaddle.
RELATED WORDS
hogwash, tripe, crap, silliness, babble, palaver, bunk, bull, hooey, foolishness, drivel, balderdash, poppycock, rubbish, baloney, prattle, gibberish, trash, chatter, BS
Origin of twaddle
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Historical Examples of twaddle
After supper he heard our twaddle for nearly an hour, and then made this odd entry.
Lincoln's Yarns and StoriesAlexander K. McClure
You know that twaddle in the Gargoyle Record about the poet being stuck for a rhyme to 'hunger'?
The Hero of Garside SchoolJ. Harwood Panting
I would rather be rude than to listen to twaddle from a man I've known.
The Longest JourneyE. M. Forster
He may take our word for it there is good stuff there, in spite of the twaddle that encountered him erewhile at Hamburg.
I have heard a great deal of twaddle about the so-called ties of blood—enough to make a sober man beside himself.
The RobbersFriedrich Schiller
twaddle
noun
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Word Origin for twaddle
C16 twattle, variant of twittle or tittle; see tittle-tattle
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