twaddle
pronunciation
How to pronounce twaddle in British English:
UK [ˈtwɒdl]
How to pronounce twaddle in American English:
US [ˈtwɑdl]
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- Noun:
- pretentious or silly talk or writing
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- Verb:
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Word Origin
- twaddle (n.)
- "silly talk, prosy nonsense," 1782, probably from twattle (1550s), of obscure origin.
Example
- 1. It may be because they haven 't worked out what exactly they want to say and talking twaddle masks this .
- 2. This is all hopeless twaddle that I am saying about her .
- 3. If you ply your audience with caffeine they are 35 per cent more likely to agree with you , so long as what you are saying isn 't total twaddle .
- 4. President theodore roosevelt allegedly finished up to three books a day , advising his son : " the wise thing to do is simply to skip the bosh and twaddle and vulgarity and untruth , and get the benefit out of the rest . "
- 5. You believe in your own twaddle .