piffle

Example Sentences

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Using typical Johnsonian language, he initially dismissed the claims as an “inverted pyramid of piffle” before other evidence emerged.

From Washington Post

He was also sacked from a post in the Conservative Party after he lied about having an affair, calling the allegations “an inverted pyramid of piffle.”

From Washington Post

Past administration GPRs, he added, “typically gush strategic-sounding piffle, exhausting readers with laborious defenses of the status quo. This one at least spared us that.”

From Washington Times

Johnson called the story “complete balderdash” and “an inverted pyramid of piffle.”

From Seattle Times

In 2004 Boris Johnson, now the UK's prime minister, was sacked from a shadow ministerial role for allegedly lying over an affair - something he had denied as an "inverted pyramid of piffle".

From BBC