Drivel
noun
Speech or writing that is silly and not serious or meaningful.
I've never heard such drivel in my life.
verb
To speak or write in a silly and not meaningful way.
He started drivel about conspiracies and we just tuned him out.
verb
To let saliva or mucus drip from the mouth.
The baby's driveling again; get a towel.
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Disapproving
noun
Speech or writing that is silly and not serious or meaningful.
I've never heard such drivel in my life.
verb
To speak or write in a silly and not meaningful way.
He started drivel about conspiracies and we just tuned him out.
verb
To let saliva or mucus drip from the mouth.
The baby's driveling again; get a towel.
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'drivel' to criticize ideas or speech you find foolish, mostly in casual settings.
The meeting was full of drivel, with no concrete plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Offense
Be cautious using 'drivel,' as it can be offensive and dismissive of someone's thoughts.
Calling my poem 'drivel' hurt my feelings.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Speech
'Drivel' is informal, more suitable for conversations with friends than in professional or academic writing.
I skipped the party because it's usually just drivel.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'drivel' to criticize ideas or speech you find foolish, mostly in casual settings.
The meeting was full of drivel, with no concrete plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Offense
Be cautious using 'drivel,' as it can be offensive and dismissive of someone's thoughts.
Calling my poem 'drivel' hurt my feelings.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Speech
'Drivel' is informal, more suitable for conversations with friends than in professional or academic writing.
I skipped the party because it's usually just drivel.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'drivel' to criticize ideas or speech you find foolish, mostly in casual settings.
The meeting was full of drivel, with no concrete plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Offense
Be cautious using 'drivel,' as it can be offensive and dismissive of someone's thoughts.
Calling my poem 'drivel' hurt my feelings.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Speech
'Drivel' is informal, more suitable for conversations with friends than in professional or academic writing.
I skipped the party because it's usually just drivel.
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if she has stashed it but right now I'm held up in a bit of a roadblock it's the best roadblock it to be and though we can see a little bit of drivel
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Quote examples
Karl Marlantes
American Author
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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Alice Munro
Canadian Writer
It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, 'Read,' but a writer can read too much and be paralyzed. Or, 'Don't read, don't think, just write,' and the result could be a mountain of drivel.
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Raymond Chandler
American Writer
Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.
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Theo Paphitis
British Businessman
The great virtue of the web, its ease of communication, has also become its Achilles' heel in that it has polluted the air with meaningless babble and egomaniacal drivel.
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Zac Brown
American Musician
There are still artists that do a great job with a song, and they care about the lyrics, and it's not just mindless drivel.
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Pat Conroy
American Writer
I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.
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Yeardley Smith
American Actress
Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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James Lovelock
English Scientist
So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.
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Keith Allen
Welsh Actor
A lot of what journalists write is drivel.
Quote examples
Karl Marlantes
American Author
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
Quote examples
Alice Munro
Canadian Writer
It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, 'Read,' but a writer can read too much and be paralyzed. Or, 'Don't read, don't think, just write,' and the result could be a mountain of drivel.
Quote examples
Raymond Chandler
American Writer
Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.
Quote examples
Theo Paphitis
British Businessman
The great virtue of the web, its ease of communication, has also become its Achilles' heel in that it has polluted the air with meaningless babble and egomaniacal drivel.
Quote examples
Zac Brown
American Musician
There are still artists that do a great job with a song, and they care about the lyrics, and it's not just mindless drivel.
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Pat Conroy
American Writer
I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.
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Yeardley Smith
American Actress
Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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James Lovelock
English Scientist
So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.
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Keith Allen
Welsh Actor
A lot of what journalists write is drivel.
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