pibble-pabblen.
/ˈpɪblˌpabl/, U.S. /ˈpɪb(ə)lˌpæb(ə)l/ rare.
Idle, empty, or childish talk; = bibble-babble n.In quot. 1631 the exact sense is unclear.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]
windc1290
trotevalea1300
follyc1300
jangle1340
jangleryc1374
tongue1382
fablec1384
clapa1420
babbling?c1430
clackc1440
pratinga1470
waste?a1475
clattera1500
trattle1513
babble?a1525
tattlea1529
tittle-tattlea1529
chatc1530
babblery1532
bibble-babble1532
slaverings1535
trittle-trattle1563
prate?1574
babblement1595
pribble-prabble1595
pribble1603
morologya1614
pibble-pabblea1616
sounda1616
spitter-spatter1619
argology1623
vaniloquence1623
vaniloquy1623
drivelling1637
jabberment1645
blateration1656
onology1670
whittie-whattiea1687
stultiloquence1721
claver1722
blether1786
havera1796
jaunder1796
havering1808
slaver1825
yatter1827
bugaboo1833
flapdoodle1834
bavardage1835
maunder1835
tattlement1837
slabber1840
gup1848
faddle1850
chatter1851
cock1851
drivel1852
maundering1853
drooling1854
windbaggery1859
blither1866
javer1869
mush1876
slobber1886
guff1888
squit1893
drool1900
macaroni1924
jive1928
natter1943
shtick1948
old talk1956
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
ole talk1964
Haigspeak1981
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 71 There is no tiddle tadle nor pibble bable [1600 bible bable] in Pompeyes Campe.
1631 J. Shirley Schoole of Complement v. 74 Infor. Your hand, fairest. 1. Shep. Disdaine not, gentle sir. Ien. Pible pables, with awle her hearts, looke you.
1953 Ess. & Stud. 6 112 Our South Wales dialect in English, a pibble-pabble inadequate to the demands of a full and varied literature.
1993 Stamps (Nexis) 242 281 I was..purportedly in the bloom of health... But this proved to be pibblepabble, for one day while dunking imaginary basketballs onto the top of the doorframe, I felt a sudden crushing sensation over my chest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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