piffle

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noun

Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull¹, bunk², crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

For a list of words related to piffle, see:

• Modes and Manners of Expression - piffle: Informal. talk nonsense
• Drivel and Silly Talk

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vrøvl
v. intr. - vrøvle

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzin, ineffectief praten/handelen, kletsen

Français (French)
n. - balivernes, fadaises
v. intr. - dire des balivernes/fadaises

Deutsch (German)
n. - Quatsch
v. - quatschen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουραφέξαλα, μπούρδες
v. - σαχλαμαρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
futilità, sciocchezze, dire/fare sciocchezze

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bobagem (f), disparate (m)
v. - falar bobagens, disparatar

Русский (Russian)
чушь, молоть чушь

Español (Spanish)
n. - pamplina, disparate, tontería
v. intr. - soltar disparates, decir tonterías

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - strunt, trams
v. - tramsa, dilla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
傻事, 废话, 做无聊事, 讲废话

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傻事, 廢話
v. intr. - 做無聊事, 講廢話

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 실없는 말, 헛소리
v. intr. - 쓸 데 없는 짓을 하다, 실없는 말을 지껄이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - たわごと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هراء, هذر, عبث (فعل) يعبث, يهذر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הבלים, שטויות‬
v. intr. - ‮דיבר שטויות, קשקש‬

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