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Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).
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piffle
Today it means: Nonsense, foolish talk. Full definition →
Today it means: Nonsense, foolish talk. Full definition →
Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.