variants or tarradiddle
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as in lie
a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications
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as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense regards literary deconstruction as so much tenure-track taradiddle
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Recent Examples of taradiddle Some are esoteric but still used—like taradiddle, which the list notes was recently used by J.K. Rowling but saw more play in the work of Gilbert and Sullivan, Honoré de Balzac and G.K. Chesterton. —
Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2017
Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 28 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taradiddle
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More than half of that pile lies, waiting, in Evans’ coffers.— Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
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Trump has described Haitian migrants as a threat to the American way of life, including spreading a racist and unfounded lie that Haitians were eating household pets in Springfield, Ohio.— Alana Wise, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
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This is why all the whining and complaining from small market teams across the sport is manipulative nonsense.— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Or from whatever this risibly self-serious metaphysical nonsense about performance and possession, creation and exorcism, aims to be.— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
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So does the tale of the tape, which clearly favors New York in its first-round matchup against a pesky Hawks team hoping to pull off an upset.— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Dimon delivered a familiar tale that somehow manages to instill calm and panic at the same time.— Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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For example, the EV mandate would be imposed on a company like Waste Management which pays the local government a franchise fee for the exclusive right to provide garbage collection services to all the residents.— Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
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But the temporary solution for many buildings is asking residents to fill in as volunteer cleaners, garbage schleppers, and greeters.— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 17 Apr. 2026
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That means the street-facing facades cannot be changed although some features, like the second- and third-story windows bricked over by Owen Beidelman, could be restored.— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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According to registered dietitians, a mix of nuts, especially pistachios, and dried tart cherries is the healthiest late-night snack.— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 19 Apr. 2026
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Many whole foods are naturally gluten-free, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Mulhouse Public Prosecutor Nicolas Heitz speaks to the press after a boy was discovered naked and malnourished on a pile of rubbish in a van where he had been kept locked up, in Hagenbach, eastern France, on April 10, 2026.— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Stony rubbish, dead trees, the odd corpse in the garden—nothing that couldn’t be absorbed back into the earth.— Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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Piccioli sent out a mishmash of styles from all over a fashion map that seems to have been drawn five or six years ago (oversize sneakers, faux couture gestures like capes and feathers and blah sportswear).— Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
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Selling was easy, even if the returns for McMann and Laughton in particular were kinda blah and the Leafs were unable to execute any major roster shakeup or take advantage of their ability to retain salary.— Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Taradiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/taradiddle. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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