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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contradiction, puzzle |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, absurdity, ambiguity, anomaly, catch, enigma, error, inconsistency, mistake, mystery, nonsense, oddity, opposite, reverse |
| Main Entry: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, joking |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, derision, drollery, escapade, frolic, horseplay, jest, jesting, joke, jollification, jollity, kidding, laughter, merriment, mirth, mockery, mummery, nonsense, pleasantry, practical joke, raillery, scorn, teasing, tomfoolery, trifling |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | allusion, badinage, banter, blather, bombast, bunk, buzz*, cant, chat, chatter, chitchat, conversation, cry, gab, grapevine, hearsay, hint, hot air, idle talk, innuendo, insinuation, jaw, jive, lip, noise, nonsense*, palaver, persiflage, prose, racket, raillery, report, rot*, rubbish*, rumble*, rumor, scuttlebutt, small talk, trash*, tête-à-tête, yarn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridiculous communication |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, bilge, drivel, foolish talk, hogwash, inanity, malarkey, nonsense, rot, rubbish, tripe, twaddle |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Antonyms: | information, sense |
| Main Entry: | malarkey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silliness |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, drivel, foolishness, hogwash, nonsense |
| Main Entry: | blather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
| Synonyms: | babble, blither, chatter, nonsense, prattle, stir |
| Main Entry: | applesauce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baloney |
| Synonyms: | bunk, fudge, hogwash, hokum, hooey, malarkey, nonsense, poppycock, pulp, rubbish |
| Main Entry: | blabber |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idle chatter |
| Synonyms: | babble, gabble, jabber, nonsense, prattle |
| Main Entry: | claptrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty talk |
| Synonyms: | bombast, bunk, drivel, nonsense |
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