taradiddle or tarradiddle
PRONUNCIATION:
(tar-uh-DID-l)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A petty lie.
2. Pretentious nonsense.
ETYMOLOGY:
Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1796.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each
other? -George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), novelist (1819-1880)
2 comments:
The Captain I flew with today just happened to be full of taradiddle! He was not afraid to prove it either...what a chowderhead!!
Now there's a GREAT word ~ Chowderhead! Love it & you!
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