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Meaning
Noun
●
Letters or
words
,
in writing
or
speech
, that have no
meaning
or
pattern
or seem to have no
meaning
.
●
An
untrue
statement.
●
That which is
silly
,
illogical
and
lacks
any
meaning
,
reason
or value; that which does not make sense.
●
Something foolish.
●
In Literature:
A type of
poetry
that
contains
strange
or
surreal
ideas
, as,
for example
, that
written
by Edward Lear.
●
In Biology:
A
damaged
DNA
sequence
whose products are not
biologically
active
, that is, that does nothing.
Verb
●
To make
nonsense
of;
●
To
attempt
to
dismiss
as
nonsense
; to
ignore
or
belittle
the
significance
of something; to
render
unimportant
or puny.
●
To
joke around
, to
waste
time
Adj
●
Nonsensical.
●
In Biochemistry:
Resulting from the
substitution
of a
nucleotide
in a sense
codon
,
causing
it to become a
stop codon
(not
coding
for an amino-acid).
Intj
●
An
emphatic
rejection
of something one has just
heard
and does not
believe
or
agree
with.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
nonsense
English
non-
English
non
Latin
noenu
Latin
noenum
Latin
nona
Latin
sense
English
sense
Middle English (1100-1500)
sens
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Absurdity
Applesauce
Bafflegab
Balderdash
Balls
Baloney
Baragouin
Batcrap
Batshit
Bilgewater
Blah
Blather
Blatherskite
Bobbins
Bollocks
Bosh
Bull
Bullcrap
Bulldust
Bullshit
Bullspeak
Bunk
Bunkum
Bushwah
Clamjamfrey
Claptrap
Cobblers
Codswallop
Crap
Crock
Doublespeak
Drivel
Eyewash
Fiddle-Faddle
Flapdoodle
Flim-Flam
Flizz
Flummery
Folderol
Foolishness
Footle
Framis
Fuckery
Fuckry
Fudge
Galimatias
Garbage
Garble
Gibber
Gibberish
Gobbledygook
Gossip
Guff
Gup
Hoax
Hocus-Pocus
Hogwash
Hokum
Hooey
Horsefeathers
Horseshit
Humbug
Jabber
Jargon
Jibber-Jabber
Jive
Junk
Lallation
Malarkey
Manure
Meaninglessness
Moonshine
Nertz
Nonsense
Piffle
Pigswill
Poppycock
Prattle
Put-On
Rhubarb
Rot
Rubbish
Ruse
Santorum
Shit
Shite
Skimble-Skamble
Squit
Stuff
Tommy-Rot
Tosh
Tush
Trash
Tripe
Twaddle
Wass
Whiff-Whaff
Falsehood
Lie
Untruth
Silliness
Contradiction
Stupidity
Unreasoning
Nonsence
Non-Sense
Belittle
Dismiss
Pooh-Pooh
Preposterous
Meaningless
Ludicrous
Senseless
Ball
Fiddlefart
Banana Oil
Double Talk
Horse Hockey
Horse Piss
Horse Puckey
Mumbo Jumbo
Rhubarb Rhubarb
Word Salad
Double Dutch
All My Eye
Crock Of Shit
Stuff And Nonsense
Pie In The Sky
More
Antonyms
Nonnonsense
Sense
Truth
Related
Bs
Joke
Silly
Fuss
Mess
Fool
Chaos
Absurd
Ridiculous
Excuses
Illogical
Jokes
Stupid
Outrageous
Myth
Crazy
Brainer
Propaganda
Lies
Negativity
Illusions
Truth
Thing
Hatred
ClichéS
Hilarious
Pointless
Gossip
Baseless
Fools
Useless
False
Doubts
Untrue
Bitch
More
Rhymes
Nonsense
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