Noun We don't believe that twaddle anymore. the novel's elaborate theory detailing a supposed 2,000-year-old conspiracy is mostly tiresome twaddle

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To their immense credit, Oasis didn’t traffic in peace-and-love twaddle but reveled in their roles as snarling pub louts who became kings of the pop world. Kyle Smith, National Review, "A Bad Boy Faces Middle Age," 11 Sep. 2019

After Colangelo was removed and the new order installed, there has been the standard twaddle about working to achieve collaborative decisions among the team’s leaders. Bob Ford, Philly.com, "Brett Brown gets to really call the shots for the Sixers | Bob Ford," 18 June 2018

And just like that, America turned Thursday from harrumphing about Roseanne Barr's racist Twitter twaddle to sputtering about Samantha Bee's profane TV patter. Maria Puente, USA TODAY, "Samantha Bee vs Roseanne Barr: Double standard? Twitter reacts," 31 May 2018

The word is chiefly British, deriving from footle, as a verb meaning to act or talk foolishly, to waste time, and as a noun meaning twaddle or nonsense. John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, "In a word: footling," 14 Feb. 2018

In this ultra-premium, jargon-forward twaddle, the only acceptable word is ‘ Rami Grunbaum, The Seattle Times, "Financial Times columnist roasts Starbucks chairman Schultz for ‘ugly business jargon’," 19 July 2017

Gone is the original’s joyful sense of mischief; what’s left is an inoffensive piece of twaddle that never fully appreciates the ineluctable bond between community spirit and a drop of the hard stuff. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, "Review: Even Laughs Are Rationed in a ‘Whisky Galore!’ Reboot," 11 May 2017

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