piffle

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  1. intransitive verb To talk or act feebly or futilely.
  2. noun Foolish or futile talk or ideas; nonsense.

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  • How can a thinking person sit still and listen to such piffle, let alone get up and wave their arms about when they hear it again and again? —  The Poor Man Institute
  • My "piffle" was at least funny and made others laugh.
  • To those who think this is purely PR piffle, there are more solid grounds for believing these are boom times in the marriage business.
  • Out of sheer boredom now that TV is filled with piffle, the bored people in Pakistan have been twiddling their thumbs making idle talk and out of this useless chatter comparisons have emerged between our own ex General Parvez Musharraf, who has now changed species and turned into a mere Civilian and the former Ugandan dictator General Idi Amin. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • This is commendable piffle, the effect being to lighten weight by plucking mites from the back of the budget beast. —  News for Waynesboro News Virginian
 

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/ˈpɪfl/
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