twad·dle /ˈtwɑdḷ/
廢話,閒聊(vi.)講廢話
Twad·dle v. i. & t. To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
Twad·dle, n. Silly talk; gabble; fustian.
I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. --T. Hughes.
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twaddle
n : pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney,
bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle,
tommyrot, tosh]
v : speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle,
clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle,
blabber, gabble]