twaddle

[ twod-l ]

noun

1. trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.

   Synonyms: rubbish, prattle, nonsense, drivel

verb (used without object)

, twad·dled, twad·dling.

1. to talk in a trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious manner; prate.

verb (used with object)

, twad·dled, twad·dling.

1. to utter as twaddle.

twaddle

/ ˈtwɒdəl /

noun

1. silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing; nonsense

verb

1. to talk or write (something) in a silly or pretentious way

Derived Forms

• ˈtwaddler, noun

Other Words From

• twaddler noun
• twaddly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of twaddle¹

1540–50; variant of twattle, blend of twiddle and tattle

Word History and Origins

Origin of twaddle¹

C16 twattle , variant of twittle or tittle ; see tittle-tattle

Example Sentences

First, it is no exaggeration to say that this statement may be the most self-serving pile of bombastic twaddle Silicon Valley has ever created.

From Los Angeles Times

Women could be oppressors, too, she thought, and she took a dim view of “inane woman’s rights, man-rebellious twaddle.”

From Literature

But Allsopp described her argument as "a load of utter twaddle".

From BBC

He lists several reasons, for example, that claims about purportedly hacked Dominion voting machines were “absolute nonsense” and “meaningless twaddle.”

From Seattle Times

And frankly, often, Republicans act like losers who can’t win elections fairly — the brazen gerrymanders, the craven coddling of Donald Trump’s “stop the steal” twaddle.

From Washington Post