Definitions
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- noun Alternative form of
tarradiddle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a trivial lie
- noun pretentious or silly talk or writing
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Examples
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Note: the following taradiddle (now there's a fun new word — for me anyway ...) was written two or so years ago.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Note: the following taradiddle (now there's a fun new word — for me anyway ...) was written two or so years ago.
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~~~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ taradiddle = silly story (also fib); le onzième
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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~~~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ taradiddle = silly story (also fib); le onzième
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Note: the following taradiddle now there's a fun new word—for me anyway... was written two or so years ago.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Note: the following taradiddle now there's a fun new word—for me anyway... was written two or so years ago.
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Somehow the words ‘mellifluous taradiddle’ spring to mind…
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Marcus, your writing epitomizes the term taradiddle.
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And one honest to goodness Directive, the only part of all this taradiddle that is actually going to have to go through Parliament though, probably, only as secondary legislation:
Archive 2007-04-01 Helen 2007
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The time came when she not only TOLD her taradiddle about having
Burmese Days 2002
arby commented on the word taradiddle
NOUN: 1. A petty falsehood; a fib. 2. Silly pretentious speech or writing; twaddle.
September 10, 2007
reesetee commented on the word taradiddle
Not to be confused with paradiddle. :-)
September 10, 2007
oroboros commented on the word taradiddle
Hanky panky at the old ancestral home?
May 18, 2013
danama commented on the word taradiddle
For shame, oroboros! You’ll have us all turning scarlett.
May 18, 2013