What (who) is piffle - definition
piffle
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Piffle
If you describe what someone says as piffle, you think that it is nonsense. (INFORMAL)
He talks such a load of piffle.
= rubbish
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
Piffle
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Piffle
·add. ·noun Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle.
II. Piffle ·add. ·vi To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to Twaddle; piddle.
piffle
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Piffle
A word, possibly derived from the North of England, (er, that's where I'm from, anyway *g*), that means nonsense or rubbish.
mojobob: I'm a really groovy and fabulous person.mini-mojobob: Piffle!
mojobob: I'm a really groovy and fabulous person.mini-mojobob: Piffle!
Pronunciation examples for piffle
1. And we have other-- I'm just sort of this trifling piffle.
Grunt - The Curious Science of Humans at War _ Mary Roach _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of piffle
1. Article continues Fortunately, we hear rather less of this piffle today.
2. He had initially dismissed the allegation as "an inverted pyramid of piffle". Share this article: What is this?
3. The "human rights" piffle made by the U.S. high–ranking officials indicates that they have no stand to recognize and respect the dialogue partner.
4. Just muster a few oldies to flute Piffle and Tosh in quavering voices during ministerial speeches and youll be all over the papers in the morning.
5. Young and Evans have partly circumvented this by stealing some of Johnson‘s real lines÷ the famous "inverted pyramid of piffle", for instance.