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The only loser in all of this nonsense is a little three year old named Caylee Anthony.

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  1. noun Words or signs having no intelligible meaning: a message that was nonsense until decoded.
  2. noun Subject matter, behavior, or language that is foolish or absurd.
  3. noun Extravagant foolishness or frivolity: a clown's exuberant nonsense.

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  • A little of his nonsense is amusing; too much is sickening. —  AdventureTales#1
  • As I happen to like both sense and nonsense, and the latter better than what generally passes for the former, I shall disclaim, even at Paris, the profondeur , for which they admire us; and I shall nonsense to admire Madame de Boufflers, though her nonsense is not the result of nonsense, but of sense, and consequently not the genuine nonsense that I honour. —  Letters of Horace Walpole, v2
  • One imagines that they hope no one would ask; after all, this nonsense is aimed at people who are far more interested in how they're going to meet their next mortgage repayment or if they'll have a job to turn up to next Monday. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • Of course, it probably doesn't matter - the group of Council members voting for this nonsense are the real first generation of actually limited members; up to now, most of those pushed out were long timers who probably needed to go. —  NYCweboy
  • I realize that the McCain / Palin silence on the important issues that face the U.S.A. after seven-plus years of Bush leave a big silent gap, but this nonsense from the National Enquirer as a prime topic? —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
 

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folly ·  superstition ·  fantasy ·  lie ·  delusion ·  joke ·  falsehood ·  speculation ·  fiction ·  absurdity ·  madness ·  gossip
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