Twaddle vs Dude - What's the difference?
twaddle | dude |
To talk or write nonsense; to prattle.
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, title= (slang) A man.
(slang, used in the vocative) A term of address for a man.
(originally) An inexperienced cowboy.
(slang) A tourist.
(archaic) A dandy, a man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance.
(slang) A term conveying excitement.
to address someone with the term of address
As nouns the difference between twaddle and dude
is that twaddle is empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish while dude is a man.As verbs the difference between twaddle and dude
is that twaddle is to talk or write nonsense; to prattle while dude is to address someone with the term of address dudeAs an interjection dude is
a term conveying excitement.twaddle
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(wikipedia twaddle)Synonyms
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;nonsense * 1918 , , Prelude , Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, page 118, *: Yet she knew that she'd send it and she'd always write that kind of twaddle to Nan Pym. ;rubbish * 1887 , , A Study In Scarlet , Beeton's Christmas Annual, (Chapter 2 - The Science of Deduction), pages 1-95 (exact page number not known). *: "What ineffable twaddle !" I cried, slapping the magazine down on the table, "I never read such rubbish in my life."Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling .}}
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dude
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Alternative forms
* dood * dewd * (Internet slang)Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia dude)- Relax, dude .
Synonyms
* (man) bloke , chap (dated British), cove (dated British), guy * (term of address for a man) mate (qualifier) * (dandy) dandy, fop, masher * See alsoDerived terms
* dude-bro * dude ranch * dudine (obsolete), dudess (obsolete), dudetteInterjection
- Dude , I’m glad you finally called.