taradiddle or tarradiddle
PRONUNCIATION:
(tar-uh-DID-l) 
MEANING:
noun: 1. A petty lie. 2. Pretentious nonsense. ETYMOLOGY:
Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1796. USAGE:
"This investment is pure puffery and taradiddle."Malcolm Berko; Taking Stock; The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois); Apr 26, 2010.
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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)
