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twaddle
/ ˈtwɒdəl /
noun
- silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing; nonsense
verb
- to talk or write (something) in a silly or pretentious way
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Derived Forms
- ˈtwaddler, noun
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Other Words From
- twaddler noun
- twaddly adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of twaddle1
C16 twattle , variant of twittle or tittle ; see tittle-tattle
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Example Sentences
In Normal Accidents, sociologist Charles Perrow argued that this was self-comforting twaddle.
From The Daily Beast
Better live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a séance.
From Project Gutenberg
Science and system are far more efficacious than much of the old-fashioned granny's twaddle.
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Better live a crossing-sweeper than die and be made to talk twaddle by a "medium" hired at a guinea a sance.
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It is made out of a little lump of tawdry material which says nothing, is, indeed, mere twaddle.
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Merle can talk the whole bunch down when he gets to shooting on all six—sounds good, but I've no doubt it's just wise twaddle.
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