DictionarytwaddleFoolish talk
noun / verb

twaddle

TWAH-dul/ˈtwɑːdl/

Foolish or meaningless talk or writing.

The solemn debate about toilet-paper orientation amounts to trivial twaddle.

An absurdly solemn discussion of which way toilet paper should hang makes trivial talk visible through the mismatch between elaborate deliberation and a conspicuously petty subject.
Etymology

The origin is obscure, though the source compares earlier twattle with the same meaning. The recorded sense already covers idle, silly talk or prosy nonsense.

In context

themightyapefish74:14
he even makes that complicated he even makes twaddle complicated no I'm just I'm just es depending
KARL VS STEVE - ALL THE INSULTS

More examples

  • She dismisses his excuse as twaddle.
  • We need clear answers, not more twaddle.
  • He twaddles on about his supposedly brilliant ideas.

Forms

twaddle · twaddles · twaddled · twaddling

Similar words

nonsense
A broader term for ideas or speech lacking sense.
drivel
More contemptuous, stressing that talk or writing is stupid or worthless.