taradiddle
- noun
- /ˌtɛrəˈdɪdəl/
- Archaic
:
tontería
- Don't listen to his taradiddle; he often makes things up to sound clever.
Examples
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Her story was just a load of taradiddle, meant to impress rather than inform.
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If I were once fascinated by how much academic taradiddle my teachers failed to catch, I now marvel at what escapes me.
Academic text (2007) -
I never heard of such taradiddle in all my life!
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He filled the conversation with such taradiddle that no one took him seriously.
Synonyms
48
7.5
Talk that is not true or is silly
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
6
9.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
5
8.6
Silly, unimportant talk that has no meaning
5
9.6
Talk or writing that is silly and not true
3
8.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
1
9.9
Silly or untrue talk that people should not believe
1
9.9
Silly or false talk that people should not trust
1
9.9
Loud, silly talk that has no useful meaning
1
9.9
Silly, unimportant talk that wastes time
Untrue or silly talk that is not important
Talk that is silly and not true
Light talk about unimportant, silly things people say
Silly or untrue talk used to avoid the truth
Antonyms
How Silly
- Informal
3
8.9
36
7.7
- Archaic
578
2.5
- Archaic
5
8.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Taradiddle comes from an older playful form tarradiddle that was made to sound silly, and the ending diddle hints at 'to trick'. So, taradiddle means silly talk or nonsense.