piffle

Worthless trivial talk

Piffle is trivial nonsense or foolish talk—empty words not worth taking seriously.

The word sounds as lightweight as what it describes: Don't listen to that piffle.

As a verb, to piffle is to talk nonsense or waste time on trifles.

The word is mildly old-fashioned and British-sounding.

nonsense

balderdash

Senseless talk or writing

poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
hogwashFoolish or untrue talk

drivel · malarkey · bunkum · flapdoodle · tommyrot · claptrap · codswallop · gibberish · humbug · baloney

chatter

prattle

Trivial, prolonged speech

babbleIncoherent speech
blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently

gabble · yammer · natter · waffle · ramble · twitter · burble · maunder · prate · droning

Categories

blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
empty talkidle talk, hot air, idle chatter, drivel, babble
nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
Bunkbalderdash, baloney, bosh, bunk, bunkum
British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby

Opposites

substance and validity

piffletruth

Accordance with reality

fact · sense · wisdom · substance · reason

seriousness and gravity

pifflesubstance

Physical material with mass

gravitas · import · weight · significance · seriousness

significance and weight

pifflesubstance

Physical material with mass

weightiness · gravity · importance · significance · profundity

Family

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Profile: Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G