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piffle

[ pif-uhl ]

noun

  1. nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk.


verb (used without object)

piffled, piffling.
  1. to talk nonsense.

piffle

/ ˈ±èɪ´ÚÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. nonsense

    to talk piffle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to talk or behave feebly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of piffle1

First recorded in 1840–50; perhaps akin to puff
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of piffle1

C19: origin uncertain
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They may sound like piffle, and perhaps they are, but they were formative.

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For more than two hours, it pelts you with piffle so egregious — not just puns but also dad jokes, double entendres and booby-trapped one-liners — that, forced into submission, you eventually give in.

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Using typical Johnsonian language, he initially dismissed the claims as an “inverted pyramid of piffle†before other evidence emerged.

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He was also sacked from a post in the Conservative Party after he lied about having an affair, calling the allegations “an inverted pyramid of piffle.â€

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Past administration GPRs, he added, “typically gush strategic-sounding piffle, exhausting readers with laborious defenses of the status quo. This one at least spared us that.â€

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