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All twaddle synonyms

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noun twaddle

  • greek — of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
  • jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
  • flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • bosh — empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense
  • bss — British Standards Specification
  • carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
  • foolery — foolish action or conduct.
  • jargon — a colorless to smoky gem variety of zircon.
  • doggerel — comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
  • eyewash — Cleansing solution for a person’s eye.
  • imbecility — an instance or point of weakness; feebleness; incapability.
  • zaniness — ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
  • hooey — silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
  • banana — Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
  • blah-blah — and so on; and so forth.
  • hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
  • humbug — something intended to delude or deceive.
  • irresponsibilities — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
  • horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
  • gibberish — meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
  • crap — If you describe something as crap, you think that it is wrong or of very poor quality.
  • foolishness — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
  • bunk — A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
  • irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
  • balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
  • witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
  • baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
  • hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
  • absurdness — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
  • codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
  • hokum — out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
  • windiness — The state of being windy (in all meanings).
  • claptrap — If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
  • drivel — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
  • flatulence — generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.
  • newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
  • bunkum — If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
  • falderal — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
  • crud — You use crud to refer to any disgustingly dirty or sticky substance.

verb twaddle

  • chitchatting — light conversation; casual talk; gossip.
  • natter — to talk incessantly; chatter.
  • nattering — to talk incessantly; chatter.
  • chatter — If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
  • blabbering — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
  • gassed — drunk.
  • gabble — to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
  • yap — to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
  • blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
  • gassing — an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes.
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