noun
- Plural of mopery; petty or trivial matters; nonsense or foolish behavior.
Usage: informal; often used in the phrase 'high crimes and moperies' as a humorous or ironic reference to serious charges
Examples
- The lawyer dismissed the charges as mere moperies.
- He was accused of high crimes and moperies in the satirical sketch.
- Don't waste time on such moperies when there are real problems to solve.
- The committee spent the meeting discussing various moperies instead of substantive issues.