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taradiddle

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tar·a·did·dle  (tr-ddl)
n.
Variant of tarradiddle.
taradiddle [ˈtærəˌdɪdəl]
n
another spelling of tarradiddle
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Noun1.taradiddle - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
fib, tarradiddle, tale, story
lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance - an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
2.taradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writingtaradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing
baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, tarradiddle
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
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Bush and company and a lie by any other name: Taradiddle, half-truth, inaccuracy, misconstruction.
LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Gilbert's libretti also use the word taradiddle to refer to a lie, both in a song refrain in the 1882 operetta Iolanthe, or the Peer and the Peri ("taradiddle, taradiddle, tol lol lay
Pants on fire. (Classical Blather) by Humez, Nick / Verbatim
Perfect for car trips or those last few minutes before Mom calls everyone to dinner, these ideal stocking stuffers include Fowl Play, the cooped-up chicken counting card game; Taradiddle, the bluffing card game; K-9 Capers, a memory card game about dogs and their tricks; and Lickety Split, the quick-shuffling card game.
Wright-on games. (What's new? Holiday gifts galore) by USA Today (Magazine)
 
 
 
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