A frequently given etymology, although widely rejected as a folk etymology, derives it from Hiram Codd, British soft drink maker of the 1870s, known for the eponymous Codd-neck bottle, with the suggestion that codswallop is a derisive term for soft drinks by beer drinkers, from Codd’s + wallop (“beer (slang)”) “Codd’s …

British slang term for nonsense, untruths.

regard all this as codswallop. The word, meaning ”nonsense,” is British English: as a slang synonym for rubbish, bosh, humbug, hogwash, tommyrot, tripe and drivel, the newer codswallop was observed in The Radio Times in 1963.

noun. Chiefly British Informal. a fuss; commotion.

People who are fickle change their minds so much you can’t rely on them. If your best friend suddenly decides that she doesn’t like you one week, and then the next week she wants to hang out again, she’s being fickle. Fickle comes from the Old English word ficol, for deceitful.

not constant or loyal in affections: a fickle lover.

If you are fickle then you must change else your life will be ruined, your low self esteem will become lower and you will waste your life without finding out what you want.

Fickle comes from the Old English word ficol, for deceitful. We usually use fickle to talk about people, but it can also be used for abstract things that alternately favor you and abuse you, like the weather.

And I’m calling it, “Fickle feelings”, because emotions are fickle and what I mean by that, is they’re ever-changing and you never know exactly when they’re gonna change. And that means that we have to recognize feelings that are wrong and let them do what they’re gonna do, but learn to go beyond them.

Relationships are so fickle because now a days people are being more practical than emotional so out of many reasons they break up and find someone else whereas in old days people could not even tell about their flngs to each other so the relationships also did not start and if they did then they even knew that they …

1. 7 musts when dealing with a fickle friend.
2. #1 Be careful what you say.
3. #2 Don’t depend on them.
4. #3 Don’t take it personally.
5. #4 Stop reaching out to them.
6. #5 Be fickle back.
7. #6 Just ignore it.
8. #7 Cut them loose.

When you control the “ fickle mind” in the process of controlling it you end up destabilising it more, create more fickle ness. Learn to take rest, I know people make us think rest is something unproductive these days, let your mind rest, when rested it fullest less, learn to give rest to your mind.

fickle. Antonyms: devoted, faithful, firm, incorruptible, loyal, stanch, sure, true, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering. Synonyms: capricious, faithless, false, unfaithful, untrue, untrustworthy, wavering.

Some common synonyms of fickle are capricious, inconstant, mercurial, and unstable.

: alert, lookout —used in the phrase on the qui vive They lived on the qui vive, always ready for a duel if their honor was in any way impugned.—

other words for wishy-washy indecisive. banal. cowardly. enervated. feeble.

Wishy-washy guys can’t seem to make up their minds about a particular girl or what they want from a relationship. They loaded with excuses for pulling away, or being unavailable, or still holding an active online dating account. They’re like excuse machines.

1 : lacking in character or substance : insipid. 2 : weak, indecisive.

10 signs of spineless people…. i personally dislike

1. the troll. the spineless, following stalker.
2. the liar. the one who can NEVER tell you as it is.
3. the baby.
4. the limp handshake .
5. no eye-contact.
6. manipulator.
7. saccharine sweet.
8. on the fence .

It’s more common to call people spineless as a derogatory way of commenting on their weakness. A spineless superhero is too scared to confront the bad guys, and a spineless politician avoids conversation with critical constituents.

A spineless person does not have much determination and is not willing to take risks: He was, she concluded, a spineless individual. Synonyms. gutless informal.

If you say that someone is spineless, you mean that they are afraid to take action or oppose people when they should. [disapproval] bureaucrats and spineless politicians. Synonyms: weak, soft, cowardly, ineffective More Synonyms of spineless.