ideas, statements or procedures that you think are silly or have no real meaning, especially praise that is silly or not sincere synonym nonsense废话;(尤指)无聊(或虚假)的恭维话 Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a dish made with oatmeal or wheatmeal boiled to a jelly): from Welsh llymru; perhaps related to llymrig ‘soft, slippery’.