twaddle
noun
[ ˈtwɒd(ə)l ]
• trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense.
• "he dismissed the novel as self-indulgent twaddle"
Similar:
nonsense,
balderdash,
gibberish,
claptrap,
blather,
blether,
rubbish,
tripe,
hogwash,
baloney,
drivel,
bilge,
bosh,
bull,
bunk,
guff,
eyewash,
piffle,
poppycock,
phooey,
hooey,
malarkey,
dribble,
rot,
cobblers,
codswallop,
cock,
stuff and nonsense,
tosh,
cack,
havers,
codology,
garbage,
flapdoodle,
blathers,
wack,
bushwa,
applesauce,
bunkum,
tommyrot,
cod,
gammon,
toffee,
shit,
bullshit,
horseshit,
crap,
bollocks,
balls,
crapola,
bulldust,
twaddle
verb
• talk or write in a trivial or foolish way.
• "what is that old fellow twaddling about?"
Origin:
late 18th century: alteration of earlier twattle, of unknown origin.
