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STUFF AND NONSENSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stuff and nonsense mean? 

STUFF AND NONSENSE (noun)
  The noun STUFF AND NONSENSE has 1 sense:

1. senseless talkplay

  Familiarity information: STUFF AND NONSENSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STUFF AND NONSENSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Senseless talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hooey; poppycock; stuff; stuff and nonsense

Context example:

don't give me that stuff

Hypernyms ("stuff and nonsense" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
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"A fortune-teller would never be unhappy." (Corsican proverb)



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