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Utter nonsense
Answer for the clue "Utter nonsense ", 8 letters:
tommyrot
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Word definitions for tommyrot in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1884, from tommy in sense of "a simpleton" (1829), diminutive of Tom (as in tomfool ) + rot (n.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney , boloney , bilgewater , bosh , drool , humbug , taradiddle , tarradiddle , tosh , twaddle ]
Usage examples of tommyrot.
As the President listened to this tommyrot, Feeley and I made frantic hand gestures.
He therefore had no science, that is, no knowledge--outside his profession--but only what is called learning, though tommyrot would be a fitter name for it.
He drew the line at what he defined as social tommyrot, and he drew it more and more sharply.