nonsense : Idioms & Phrases

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no-nonsense

  • adjective satellite not tolerating irrelevancies
    • the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent
WordNet

nonsense verse

  • noun nonsensical writing (usually verse)
    nonsense verse; amphigory.
WordNet

Nonsense verses

  • noun nonsensical writing (usually verse)
    nonsense verse; amphigory.
WordNet
  • lines made by taking any words which occur, but especially certain words which it is desired to recollect, and arranging them without reference to anything but the measure, so that the rhythm of the lines may aid in recalling the remembrance of the words.
Webster 1913

stuff and nonsense

  • noun senseless talk
    stuff; hooey; poppycock.
    • don't give me that stuff
WordNet
  • . (See def. 6 for stuff) balderdash, twaddle, nonsense, foolishness.
Webster 1913