n
(Australia, slang) Things not quite right in one's head; a situation of mental confusion or insanity.
n
Mumbo-jumbo; obscure language or technicalities; jargon.
adj
(Britain, idiomatic) Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
n
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
n
Alternative form of amok [One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.]
n
(informal, derogatory) worthless astrological talk
n
Idle talk; senseless prattle
n
Alternative form of Babeldom [A confused mix of voices, languages, or words and ideas.]
n
Chaotically confused language; babble.
n
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
adj
(obsolete) nonsensical
adj
(Scotland, slang) Crazy.
n
(UK, slang) Banter, particularly among men.
n
(uncountable) Unintelligible speech; gibberish, jargon.
n
(slang, vulgar) Extreme irrationality or unreasonableness, insanity, craziness.
n
(slang, vulgar) craziness; wackiness
n
(informal) A tongue-twister.
adj
(obsolete) insignificant; contemptible
n
(literature) Linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation, associated with futurist poets of the Russian Empire.
n
(slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
n
(slang) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
n
Meaningless verbiage of business executives.
n
Foolish or incoherent talk; blather; babble.
n
(uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
n
Alternative form of blarney [Mindless chatter.]
n
(derogatory) Nonsensical or foolish talk.
n
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
n
(neologism) A spate of commentary in various media about a current polemic topic in the news.
n
(rare) blather; foolish talk
n
(especially Northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland) Alternative form of blathering [Incoherent or foolish talk.]
n
A person similar to the cartoon character Colonel Blimp; a pompous, reactionary British man.
adj
Talking incoherently; jabbering.
v
Obsolete form of blather. [(intransitive, derogatory) To talk rapidly without making much sense.]
n
Alternative spelling of blowhard [(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.]
n
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
n
(Ireland, derogatory) fool, jerk
n
(Ireland, slang) nonsense; rubbish
n
Synonym of baloney (nonsense).
n
(informal) Something that is really excellent or cool.
n
(chiefly Britain) Nonsense.
v
To babble (of a stream or other watercourse).
n
(vulgar) Something that destabilizes, confuses, or manipulates a person's mind.
n
Alternative form of bullspeak (“nonsense”) [Nonsense; false or exaggerated statements.]
v
To talk nonsense or boastful lies.
v
(UK, dialect, dated) To blunder.
n
(slang, countable) Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.
n
Futile or excessively noisy talk.
n
(obsolete) A scold or gossip.
n
Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
n
(scriptwriting, uncountable) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.
n
Empty verbiage or nonsense.
adj
Full of claptrap; nonsensical or ludicrous.
n
A type of error in which some bowdlerizing software garbles words by replacing objectionable words that occur within a word with tamer alternatives.
n
Alternative form of clusterfuck [(slang, vulgar) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong. It is often caused by incompetence, communication failure, or a complex environment.]
n
Alternative form of codswallop [(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.]
n
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
n
(derogatory, slang, US) Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot.
n
(archaic, informal) A burglar or safebreaker.
adj
(slang, vulgar) Extremely awful.
adj
Alternative form of crazypants [(slang) Crazy.]
adj
Alternative form of crazypants [(slang) Crazy.]
n
(informal) An improbable or exaggerated story.
n
(Internet slang, derogatory) Generally useless animations and other dynamic content on a website.
v
To maunder, to talk incoherently.
n
(derogatory, vulgar) foolish talkativeness, logorrhea
n
(idiomatic) A compilation of negative gossip or facts about someone.
adj
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) Of or pertaining to a donnybrook; bellicose; disconcerted; raucous; clashing.
n
(dated) Eye dialect spelling of duty. [That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.]
n
Foolish utterance(s); drivel.
adj
Alternative spelling of drivelous [Composed of drivel; nonsensical; meaningless; rubbish.]
adj
Composed of drivel; nonsensical; meaningless; rubbish.
n
A simple cartoon or doodle, whose contents are given a humorous description; another person is challenged to identify the picture in the manner of a riddle.
v
To talk nonsense; drivel.
n
Thoughtless or formulaic speech.
n
(slang) The element of a situation or problem that should be obvious but may go unnoticed through human error.
v
(India, archaic, transitive) To browbeat; to intimidate or cow.
v
(dialectal) To mutter deliriously
n
(informal, derogatory) Vacuous speech about environmental concerns.
n
Nonsense, filler text, or an example of accidental typing.
n
(uncountable, slang) Nonsense, flattery, or pretentiousness.
n
Alternative spelling of folderol [(uncountable) Nonsense or foolishness.]
n
Alternative form of folderol [(uncountable) Nonsense or foolishness.]
n
A piece of nonsense or foolishness.
n
The sign language equivalent of a tongue-twister; a phrase that is very difficult to sign correctly.
n
Alternative form of flapdoodle [(uncountable) nonsense]
n
(Scotland, obsolete) A worthless thing; a trifle or bauble.
n
(slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
n
(Britain, idiomatic) A cricketer (from the white flannel trousers they traditionally wear).
n
Alternative form of flapdoodle [(uncountable) nonsense]
n
Alternative form of flapdoodle [(uncountable) nonsense]
n
A speaker or writer of nonsense.
n
A flighty person; someone regarded as silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained, especially someone who chatters or gossips.
adj
Like a flibbertigibbet; flighty; scatterbrained.
n
Alternative form of flim-flam [Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.]
n
Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
n
(slang, MLE) Baloney, empty words.
n
A nonce word with no fixed meaning
n
(obsolete, Lancashire) Nonsensical talk.
n
One who flubs; a goof, a person who makes errors while speaking.
n
(uncountable) Trivial matters; nonsense.
n
Trivial matters; nonsense.
n
(informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
n
Something completely nonsensical or ridiculous.
n
Empty or meaningless talk, especially when used to flatter.
n
Alternative form of folderol [(uncountable) Nonsense or foolishness.]
n
Alternative spelling of folderol [(uncountable) Nonsense or foolishness.]
n
(uncountable) Nonsense or foolishness.
n
speech that uses a mixture of real and nonsense words.
n
(figuratively) unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel
n
Something lightweight or insubstantial; froth; drivel.
n
(uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
n
(colloquial, derogatory, Canada, US) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.
n
Confused or unintelligible speech.
n
Foolish or confused talk; gabble.
n
(dated) An outcry; nonsense.
n
(obsolete) Senseless talk.
n
(dated) Chatter, ridiculous nonsense.
n
(colloquial) Nonsense; folly.
n
(dated) nonsense, tommyrot
n
(slang) Communication that is garbled; language messed up and hard to understand. Alternative form of gobbledygook
v
(intransitive) To speak foolishly, pompously, or at length; to blather.
v
(slang, African-American Vernacular) To disrespect someone.
n
Alternative form of gawpus [(obsolete) A silly person.]
n
One who gibbers (talks rapidly and incoherently).
n
Manic, meaningless speech; babble.
adv
While gibbering; with wild, incoherent speech.
n
Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
n
gabble; meaningless talk
n
Alternative form of gype [(Ulster) fool; clumsy, awkward person]
n
(Tyneside, derogatory) A fool or eccentric person.
n
(chiefly US) Absurd or nonsensical ideas or talk on global issues.
n
(obsolete) A churl; a curmudgeon; boor; lout.
n
Alternative spelling of gobaloon [(Ireland, slang) an oaf or fool]
n
Alternative form of gobbledygook [(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.]
n
(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
n
Alternative form of gobbledygook [(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.]
n
(chiefly US, childish slang) A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
n
Alternative spelling of goof-off [(US, informal) An idle or work-shy person; a shirker.]
n
(dated) Appearance without reality; much ado about nothing.
v
(transitive, computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
n
(informal, uncountable) Nonsensical talk or thinking.
v
(Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.
n
(informal, figuratively) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
n
(slang) Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
n
(slang) nonsense; humbug
n
(US, countable, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
n
(dated, slang) humbug; nonsense
n
(slang, derogatory) An idiotic situation or thing.
n
A ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement.
n
(humor, Ireland) A simple joke with a punchline implying that the Irish people are stupid.
n
Speech that jabbers; gibberish.
n
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
n
(informal, derogatory) Excessive or meaningless talk.
adj
Alternative spelling of gibbering [Prone to meaningless vocalization, especially excited and confused utterances, like a beast or monster.]
n
Alternative spelling of gibberish [Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.]
n
(US, colloquial) Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.
adj
Alternative form of kaputski [(informal) broken, broken down]
n
(slang, dated) Nonsense, bosh.
v
(US, vulgar, chiefly in the negative) To have the most basic level of intelligence or common sense.
n
Alternative form of lollapalooza [(informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.]
n
Alternative form of lollapalooza [(informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.]
n
Alternative form of lollapalooza [(informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.]
n
Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
n
(countable) A meaningless chant or refrain.
n
(Australia, colloquial, slang, humorous) An act of vomiting; vomit.
n
Alternative form of lollapalooza [(informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.]
n
Alternative form of lollapalooza [(informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.]
n
(US) Silliness, nonsense.
n
(slang) A very bad mistake or error.
n
(rare) Obsolete spelling of malarkey [(originally US, informal) Nonsense; rubbish.]
n
Alternative spelling of malarkey [(originally US, informal) Nonsense; rubbish.]
n
(obsolete, slang) nonsense.
n
A rambling or pointless discourse.
n
Alternative spelling of mindfuckery [(slang, vulgar) That which destabilizes or confuses the mind.]
n
(slang) Madness; silliness.
v
(dialectal, transitive, including Ocracoke Island North Carolina) To harass or bother (someone or something).
n
(slang, chiefly sports) An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
n
(idiomatic) A foolish, profitless, or hopeless undertaking.
n
(religion) Any object of superstition; religious words and/or actions which are seen as superstitious or fraudulent.
n
(informal) A written communication containing unpleasant material, especially one that criticizes, insults, or intimidates the recipient.
n
(colloquial) Mindless and irrelevant chatter.
adj
(informal, slang) nonsense.
n
Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.
n
A neologised word that does not have a given meaning.
n
Speech that is intended to satisfy a needed response, yet lacking in any real pertinent information; speech about nothing, empty words; useless talk or babble.
v
Alternative spelling of nudzh [(slang, transitive) To pester.]
v
(conversation) To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.
v
(intransitive, US, informal) To become crazy, especially with rage.
v
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Thinking very hard or puzzling over something.
v
To utter foolishly or excessively.
n
Anything overly bland or simplistic, especially speech or writing.
n
(uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense; pablum.
v
(informal) To talk nonsense.
n
(Ulster) nonsensical talk
n
(obsolete, rare, nonce word) Nonsense, malarkey
n
(colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense.
n
Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
n
(obsolete) A person who talks too much; a chatterbox, a prater
n
Silly, childish talk; babble.
n
(colloquial, derogatory, dated) empty talk; prattle
n
Nonsense text or speech that resembles English in some way.
n
(derogatory) A person who speaks psychobabble.
adj
That makes use of psychobabble.
n
(derogatory) Conspiracy theories or other statements by followers of QAnon that are asserted to be nonsense.
v
(intransitive, rare) To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle
v
(Ireland) to talk nonsense, talk idly
n
(obsolete) silly or indecent talk
n
Nonsense; confused and incoherent talk.
n
(US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
n
(US politics, derogatory) Scripted minor speeches or remarks prepared for the president to deliver.
n
(uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
n
(countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
n
(informal) A screwball comedy.
n
(slang, historical) Any of a group of American comedians, first popular in the 1950s, who employed cynicism, satire, and observational comedy rather than inoffensive traditional jokes.
n
Gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense.
n
Nonsense; gibberish; twaddle.
n
(idiomatic) Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
n
(Internet slang) A participant in online discussions who is generally obnoxious and insulting.
n
(derogatory, US, political slang) A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc.
n
(literature) A collection of jokes or stupid comments.
n
(UK, slang, derogatory) A fit of foolish rage; a tantrum.
n
Someone who rants or talks nonsense at length.
n
(archaic except in idioms) An unimportant, paltry, or mean-spirited person.
n
(Norfolk, uncountable) Nonsense; amusing stories.
n
(formal) Silly talk; babble.
adj
Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling.
n
(archaic) Foolish talk; babble.
n
The humorous remark, attributed to science-fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, that "ninety percent of everything is crap".
n
Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
n
Silly talk or writing; humbug.
n
Technical or scientific language used in fiction to convey a false impression of meaningful technical or scientific content.
n
(Cockney rhyming slang) Jewellery.
n
(colloquial) Nonsense; folly.
n
(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish.
n
(rare, humorous, derogatory) one who writes or publishes twaddle
adj
Full of twaddle; silly.
adj
Characterised or marked by twitting (reproach), or characteristic of a twit (buffoon)
n
A playful style of gibberish used by British comedian Stanley Unwin (1911-2002).
adj
(originally African-American Vernacular, slang) Annoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, cringy, uncool, messed up.
n
A repetitive speech or response to a question.
n
specifically inane or sottish words
n
(derogatory) A petty or inferior Whig.
n
(slang) A person who is not a skydiver.
n
(Britain, slang) Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.
n
(dated, Ireland) (as a formulaic threat) "big trouble".
n
An intentionally nonsensical and voluminous statement.
n
Clever writing or speaking, especially that which is superficially impressive but of very little substance.
n
(slang) Alternative form of whuffo [(slang) A person who is not a skydiver.]
n
Babbling; nonsensical talk.
n
(slang, mildly vulgar, euphemistic, uncountable) Information that is false or otherwise misleading.
n
(slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
n
Alternative form of yuckster [(slang) A comedian.]
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