piffle
piffle
Definition
pif·fle (pif′əl)
noun
talk, writing, action, etc. regarded as insignificant or nonsensical
Etymology: < Brit dial.
nonsense
pif′·fling (pif′liŋ) adjective
piffle
Usage Examples
Object
- sum: Give or take, Lambeth spends £ 1bn every year - £ 140,000 is a truly piffling sum of money.
- goal: Surely the Reds would score more than a piffling 54 goals they have this season.
Adjective modifier
- patriotic: And it makes me laugh especially that somebody like you with all your patriotic piffle likes a film like Braveheart.
Noun used with modifier
- propaganda: This was, as it turned out, mostly propaganda piffle.
piffle Quotes
Oh I see said the Earl but my own idear is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
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