fiddlededee

Oh, that's rubbish

Fiddlededee is an exclamation dismissing something as nonsense or unworthy of concern: Fiddlededee! I'll think about that tomorrow.

The word sounds deliberately silly, often used playfully or with theatrical exasperation.

It belongs to a family of dismissive nonsense words like fiddle-faddle and fiddlesticks.

exclamation

nonsense

Meaningless words or actions

tommyrot · bunkum · claptrap · malarkey · codswallop · twaddle · horsefeathers · folderol · flapdoodle · rubbish

whimsy

whimsical

Playfully fanciful or erratic

frolicsome · caprice · drollery · silliness · nonsensical · absurdist · madcap · zany · quaint · sprightly

dismissal

pshaw

Interjection expressing contempt

tut-tut · whatever · disregard · brush-off · wave-off · eye-roll · shrug · indifference · nonchalance · unconcern

old-fashioned

antiquated

Old and outdated

archaic · bygone · vintage · fusty · genteel · prim · proper · starched · prudish · affected

Opposites
seriousness of response

fiddlededeeindeed

Word affirming emphasis

absolutely · precisely · certainly · exactly · gravely

emotional weight

fiddlededeealas

Expression of regret

woe · heavens · good grief · oh no · mercy

acceptance vs. dismissal

fiddlededeeI understand

Grasping what's meant

point taken · I agree · fair enough · I hear you · acknowledged

Family

fiddle, fiddled, fiddler, fiddlers, fiddling, fiddles

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G