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  • 61gossip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. busybody, talebearer, chatterer; reports, rumors. v. i. talk, report, tattle, whisper. See curiosity, information, speech, news. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Local, petty talk] Syn. babble, chatter,… …

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  • 62jabber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gibberish, babble, blather, nonsense, jabberwocky; prattle, talk, gossip, chatter. v. i. talk, rattle on, prattle, chatter, gibber, gabble. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gibber, chatter,… …

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  • 63jargon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lingo, shoptalk, patois, cant, argot, jive (sl.); double talk; gibberish. See concealment, unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Unintelligible, trite, or pretentious speech] Syn. gibberish, mumbo… …

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  • 64nonsense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. absurdity, senselessness, silliness, trash, foolishness. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Matter that has no meaning] Syn. balderdash, rubbish, twaddle, trash, gobbledygook, drivel, scribble …

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  • 65prate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. chatter, babble. See loquacity. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, blather, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle. See WORDS. 2. To talk… …

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  • 66prattle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chitchat, babbling, chatter. v. i. murmur, chatter, babble, jabber. See loquacity, speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. twaddle, drivel, chatter; see nonsense 1 . v. Syn. gush, jabber, chatter; see babble …

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  • 67twaddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gabble, nonsense, fustian. See absurdity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nonsense, foolishness, balderdash, *rot, *rubbish, *crap, claptrap, drivel, prattle, tripe, blather, hogwash, *piffle. III… …

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  • 68stupidity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Dullness of mind] Syn. stupor, stupefaction, apathy, slowness, inertia, heaviness, obtuseness, sluggishness, stolidity, feeble mindedness, folly, weakness, silliness, nonsense, absurdity, imbecility, imprudence, lunacy,… …

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  • 69blather — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. drivel, foolishness, claptrap, twaddle, *bull. see nonsense II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To talk rapidly, incoherently, or indistinctly: babble, chatter, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate, prattle. See WORDS. II… …

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  • 70double talk — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Unintelligible or foolish talk: babble, blather, blatherskite, gabble, gibberish, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, nonsense, prate, prattle, twaddle. See WORDS. 2. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or language:… …

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