Fiddle Faddle
“Trifling discourse, nonsense. A mere fiddle faddle fellow; a trifier.”
Regency Word Wednesday
Fiddle Faddle
“Trifling discourse, nonsense. A mere fiddle faddle fellow; a trifier.”
“Trifling discourse, nonsense. A mere fiddle faddle fellow; a trifier.”
Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author 
Great word. I like trifler as well.
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Fiddle faddle was always toffee popcorn to me, like Crunch n Munch. Now of course, I know better 😀
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Not sure it would have been used in Regency times but I love the word twaddle!
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That’s a great one, Carol! And it’s in the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811), so you’re right on!
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Thanks, Cora! I still refer to things as a load of twaddle!
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If it works, it works 😀
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