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tarradiddle

(n): a trivial lie
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8 months ago reesetee said:

What's wrong with adding a word from a Word of the Day list, pheiticeira? I don't use the Merriam Webster list, but there are others I subscribe to, and I've added a few WODs here. :-)

8 months ago chained_bear said:

I wonder where the hell this word came from. It sounds just like paradiddle, which as silly words go, at least makes some kind of sense. Hm.

8 months ago bilby said:

Oddly enough, I flagged tarradiddle for one of my lists before it appeared in my email today. True dinks.

8 months ago pheiticeira said:

way to take the word from word of the day M-W.

8 months ago bilby said:

"Mr B did not tell a whopper. This was no fib, plumper, porker or tarradiddle. There was definitely no deceit, mendacity or fabrication."
- 'Looking Back', Western Mail, 11 May 2002.

about 1 year ago Jay.Dugger said:

# fib: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
# baloney: pretentious or silly talk or writing

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