noun
twaddle
Twaddle (noun) means Silly talk or writing that means nothing.
noun
1
Silly talk or writing that means nothing.
"It was her other self who had written that letter. It not only bored, it rather disgusted her real self. "Flippant and silly," said her real self. Yet she knew that she'd send it and she'd always write that kind of twaddle to Nan Pym."
— Katherine Mansfield pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry, Prelude (1918)
"You're talking a load of twaddle. Get your facts straight, man!"
"I improvised for three or four minutes, speaking complete twaddle in character."
— Arifa Akbar, ‘I spoke complete twaddle for four minutes’: Meera Syal, Larry Lamb and more on the terror of stage fright (2025)
2
A person who talks or writes nonsense.
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Etymology
An alteration of twattle (1556), of unknown origin.
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What is the meaning of twaddle?
"twaddle" (noun) means silly talk or writing that means nothing.
What is another word for twaddle?
Other words for "twaddle" include taradiddle, tosh, boloney, bilgewater, drool, bosh.
What are the different meanings of twaddle?
"twaddle" has 2 main meanings: 1. Silly talk or writing that means nothing; 2. A person who talks or writes nonsense.
