faddle
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- noun
- Who fills your head with this childish fiddle-faddle?
- Fiddle Faddle
Examples
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She dismissed all the faddle about gossiping as unnecessary noise in the office.
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They say the ol' place is haunted or bewitched or some such fiddle-faddle.
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- There will be no further fiddle-faddle.
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The debate quickly turned into a discussion filled with faddle that was irrelevant to the main topic.
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He realized the whole argument was just faddle and chose to focus on what really mattered.
Synonyms
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1.5
A lot of worry or complaint about something small
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Unimportant words in writing or speech
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Silly, unimportant talk that wastes time
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A small thing that is not important
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9.9
A loud, unnecessary fuss about something unimportant
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9.9
A lot of unneeded work or delay that wastes time
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A very small amount of something
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Foolish talk or ideas that are unimportant and silly
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A small noisy fuss about something unimportant
Light talk about unimportant, silly things people say
Ordinary talk that is simple and not deep
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Etymology
Faddle is easy to remember if you think of fiddle and 'fuss' — someone fiddling is doing small, pointless things, so faddle means a 'trivial fuss' or piece of nonsense that is not worth attention.