too much of a faddle

I used the expression "too much of a faddle" today, meaning it too be to much effort to do a certain thing. But when looking it up I discover that it means something else entirely !

faddle : To trifle; to toy. (UK, dialect) To fondle; to dandle.

dandle : To move up and down on one’s knee or 
             in one’s arms, in affectionate play.

fiddle-faddle : 
Nonsense -    To fritter away one's time; dally (reduplication of fiddle)
First known use 1577

Fiddle and Faddle can also refer to the Secret Service code-names for two White House secretaries employed by John F. Kennedy. 



Fiddle Faddle is a kind of popcorn in the US. 
It consists of popped popcorn covered with either caramel or butter toffee and mixed with peanuts.













Other lovely words balderdash, piffle , hokum,  bunk