taradiddle
Harmless little untruth
Taradiddle is a small lie or piece of nonsense—pretentious talk that amounts to nothing.
The word is old-fashioned and playful, suggesting harmless fibs rather than serious deception: His excuse was pure taradiddle.
Also spelled tarradiddle.
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- claptrapInsincere, pretentious language
- bunkumInsincere or foolish talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
malarkey · codswallop · twaddle · drivel · rubbish · tommyrot · bosh · piffle
Trivial, harmless falsehood
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- tall-taleOutlandish fictional narrative
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
- blarneyFlattering but hollow speech
humbug · flimflam · tommyrot · poppycock · fiddle-faddle · shilly-shally · rigmarole · cock-and-bull
Deliberate falsehood
- untruthA false statement
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
prevarication · invention · falsification · misstatement · distortion · misrepresentation · fable · canard
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- claptrapInsincere, pretentious language
- bunkumInsincere or foolish talk
hogwash · malarkey · codswallop · twaddle · drivel · rubbish · tommyrot · bosh · piffle · hokum
fib
Trivial, harmless falsehood
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- tall-taleOutlandish fictional narrative
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
blarney · humbug · flimflam · tommyrot · poppycock · fiddle-faddle · shilly-shally · rigmarole · cock-and-bull · razzle-dazzle
lie
Deliberate falsehood
- untruthA false statement
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
whopper · prevarication · invention · falsification · misstatement · distortion · misrepresentation · fable · canard · equivocation
taradiddlesense
Perception or judgment
substance · wisdom · reasonableness · rationality · sensibleness
taradiddlewhopper
Outsized thing or untruth
big lie · barefaced lie · fraud · perjury