false talk+big talk+empty talk?

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Is there any word in English which means"false talk, big talk and empty talk"?

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[+1] - Joeblow - 11/03/2009Hot air.
[+1] - djjd62 - 11/03/2009politician, lawyer and preist come to mind
[+1] - Adverb - 11/03/2009Are you kidding?
[+1] - Adverb - 11/03/2009I just want one word, such as gobbledegook. I just dont think it covers all three meanings here.
[+1] - Joeblow - 11/03/2009Not kidding. Hot air = empty talk.
[+1] - eoe - 11/03/2009bullshit
[+1] - contrex - 11/03/2009Adverb, are you Chinese? I ask this because I see many many questions like this from Chinese students, who think that every concept must have one word.
[+1] - Joeblow - 11/03/2009Rhetoric
[+1] - Phoenix32890 - 11/03/2009[color=#008000][b]The word "tripe" comes to mind, but I don't think that it covers all the contingencies.[/b][/color]
[+1] - Adverb - 11/03/2009Not necessarily one word. A phrase may also serve the purpose.

@Adverb,

Hot air.

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politician, lawyer and preist come to mind

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@Joeblow,

Are you kidding?

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@djjd62,

I just want one word, such as gobbledegook. I just dont think it covers all three meanings here.

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@Adverb,

Not kidding. Hot air = empty talk.

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bullshit

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Adverb, are you Chinese? I ask this because I see many many questions like this from Chinese students, who think that every concept must have one word.

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@Adverb,

Rhetoric

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@Adverb,

The word "tripe" comes to mind, but I don't think that it covers all the contingencies.

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@contrex,

Not necessarily one word. A phrase may also serve the purpose.

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prevarication
canard
fabrication
equivocation
boondoggle
duplicity
flimflam
snow job

false talk+big talk+empty talk?

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