twaddle

Etymology
An alteration of (1556), of unknown origin.

Noun

 * 1)  Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish.
 * 2) * 1886, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Science of Deduction”, in  (28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: ., November 1887, ; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892, , page 28:
 * "What ineffable twaddle!" I cried, slapping the magazine down on the table; "I never read such rubbish in my life."
 * 1) * 1907,, The Longest Journey, Part II, XX [Uniform ed., p. 203]:
 * I would rather be rude than to listen to twaddle from a man I’ve known.
 * 1)  One who twaddles; a twaddler.
 * 1)  One who twaddles; a twaddler.
 * 1)  One who twaddles; a twaddler.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:chatter

Translations

 * Bulgarian: празни приказки
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: vrøvl, vås
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: höpinä,
 * French: ,
 * German:,  ,  ,  ,  dummes Geschwätz,  dummes Zeug,
 * Haitian Creole: sornèt, istwa san sans
 * Indonesian:
 * Norwegian: pjatt, tomprat, tullprat, løst
 * Polish:, , , dyrdymały, bzdurzenie, brednie, ględy , , bajdy,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: трындёж,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , , , ,
 * Ukrainian:, пустослів'я
 * Volapük: lupükot

Verb

 * 1) To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: vrøvle, våse
 * Finnish:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, ,