Word of the Day: tarradiddle

tarradiddle (n)

A small lie, or a bit of nonsense.

"What is conjuring, when you come to think of it, but simply one big tarradiddle--a fib in action, so to speak, from beginning to end?"
--Angelo John Lewis, Conjurer Dick, or the Adventures of a Young Wizard, published in 1885

The "Adventures of a Young Wizard" -- now there's a great theme for a book, or even a series of books. Or a movie. What an original idea! Someone should take that idea and run with it....