tarradiddle
Trivial made-up story
Tarradiddle is a petty lie or a bit of pretentious nonsense.
The word is British, old-fashioned, and slightly playful—more suited to fibs and tall tales than serious deception: He told some tarradiddle about missing the train.
Also spelled taradiddle.
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- malarkeyInsincere foolish talk
- codswallopBritish term for nonsense
claptrap · gibberish · hooey · baloney · bunkum · twaddle · drivel · rubbish
Trivial, harmless falsehood
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- untruthA false statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- prevaricationMisleading speech avoiding directness
tall tale · white lie · whopper · story · canard · cock-and-bull story · fish story · yarn
Insignificant matter or thing
- bagatelleTrivial matter or thing
- nothingNot any thing
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
- small potatoesInsignificant things or people
fiddle-faddle · minutiae · small beer · inconsequentiality · trivia · tempest in a teapot
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
codswallop · claptrap · gibberish · hooey · baloney · bunkum · twaddle · drivel · rubbish · tommyrot
fib
Trivial, harmless falsehood
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
- untruthA false statement
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
prevarication · tall tale · white lie · whopper · story · canard · cock-and-bull story · fish story · yarn · stretcher
trifle
Insignificant matter or thing
small potatoes · fiddle-faddle · minutiae · small beer · inconsequentiality · trivia · tempest in a teapot
tarradiddlesubstance
Physical material with mass
wisdom · hard facts · sense · significance · gravitas