pifflern.
/ˈpɪfl̩ə/, /ˈpɪflə/, U.S. /ˈpɪf(ə)lər/ colloquial.
A foolish or ineffectual person; a person who talks nonsense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] > one who indulges in
gabbler1624
mataeologian1653
mataeologue1716
twaddler1787
twaddle1802
piffler1885
bullshitter1941
waffler1959
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of little importance > types of > one who talks nonsense
piffler1885
1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl III. xvi. 282 Of ‘pifflers’ an abundance; men with terriers, men with button-holes, men in dog-carts.
1892 Star 14 July 1 The nervousness of the other juvenile and titled piffler.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 626/2 Piffler, an ineffective trifler; a twaddler.
2001 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 11 May (Arts & Entertainment section) 2 Ronan might have been castigated by some critics as a bland, blond piffler from Planet Pop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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