flapdoodle
Rubbish and drivel
Flapdoodle is nonsense or foolish talk—empty words that sound impressive but mean nothing.
The term is old-fashioned and slightly playful, used to dismiss something as absurd: Don't give me that flapdoodle about being too busy.
It carries less bite than bullshit but more dismissiveness than nonsense.
Senseless talk or writing
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- tommyrotFoolish or worthless talk
- bunkumInsincere or foolish talk
- piffleTrivial, worthless nonsense
baloney · bosh · humbug · moonshine · hokum · tosh · rubbish · drivel
Pretentious unintelligible language
- mumbo-jumboMeaningless or confusing language
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- babbleIncoherent speech
prattle · jabber · jabberwocky · double-talk · word-salad · blather · rambling · gabble
Flashy, attention-grabbing showiness
- flummeryNonsense or oat pudding
- fiddlededeeExclamation dismissing something absurd
- fiddle-faddleTrivial nonsense or fussing
- foofarawFuss over nothing
frippery · folly · tomfoolery · buffoonery · shenanigans · hanky-panky · hijinks · silliness
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
piffle · baloney · bosh · humbug · moonshine · hokum · tosh · rubbish · drivel · rot
gobbledygook
Pretentious unintelligible language
- mumbo-jumboMeaningless or confusing language
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
babble · prattle · jabber · jabberwocky · double-talk · word-salad · blather · rambling · gabble · palaver
razzmatazz
Flashy, attention-grabbing showiness
- flummeryNonsense or oat pudding
- fiddlededeeExclamation dismissing something absurd
- fiddle-faddleTrivial nonsense or fussing
foofaraw · frippery · folly · tomfoolery · buffoonery · shenanigans · hanky-panky · hijinks · silliness · nonsensicality
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- vintageQuality from past eras
dated · outmoded · fusty · Victorian · Edwardian · prim · affected · twee · precious · genteel
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- Bunkbalderdash, baloney, bosh, bunk, bunkum
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
flapdoodletruth
Accordance with reality
fact · verity · gospel truth · substance · reality
flapdoodlewisdom
Good judgment from experience
sense · substance · profundity · insight · meaning
flapdoodlerationality
Sound judgment quality
reasonability · intelligence · discernment · judgment · judgement
doodle, malarkey, hooey, twaddle, claptrap, doodling, poppycock, doodled, codswallop