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Apr. 30, 2015
Word of the Day

piffle Audio Pronunciation
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\PIF-uhl\
noun
1. nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk.

verb
1. to talk nonsense.
Quotes
Piffle. Oh, my, such piffle. You want a house and children and a collie dog about as much as I do.
-- John Updike, In the Beauty of the Lilies, 1996
Origin
Piffle arose in the 1840s. It is of unknown origin.
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