talk at vs twaddle

talk at

verb
  • To speak with; to have a conversation with. 

  • To speak with (someone) without truly listening to their response or interacting meaningfully. 

twaddle

verb
  • To talk or write nonsense; to prattle. 

noun
  • Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. 

  • One who twaddles; a twaddler. 

How often have the words talk at and twaddle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )