tripe

πŸ“– Definitions

noun

1. The lining from the stomach of a ruminant animal, especially cattle and sheep, used as food.

2. Worthless or rubbish (often used to describe written or spoken material).

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œI didn’t want to watch the reality-TV tripe.” William McInnes; β€œElvis Plays a Former Trapeze Artist With Vertigo Who Becomes a Nightclub Singer”; The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia); Mar 23, 2019. β€œ[Stan] Lee would send a story for an issue to an artist, who would lay out the actual story on the page, leaving room for dialog.
Lee would then fill in the bubbles, often with melodramatic, pseudo-Shakespearean tripe.” Adam Rogers; To Be Continued ...; Wired (San Francisco, California); Jan 2019.
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