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All poppycock synonyms

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noun poppycock

  • nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
  • applesauce — a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened; (fig.) (sl.) bunkum, nonsense
  • bosh — empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense
  • flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
  • carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
  • bss — British Standards Specification
  • foolery — foolish action or conduct.
  • eyewash — Cleansing solution for a person’s eye.
  • imbecility — an instance or point of weakness; feebleness; incapability.
  • zaniness — ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
  • flapdoodle — nonsense; bosh.
  • banana — Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
  • hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
  • irresponsibilities — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
  • horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
  • crap — If you describe something as crap, you think that it is wrong or of very poor quality.
  • bunk — A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
  • foolishness — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
  • irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
  • balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
  • hokey-pokey — hocus-pocus; trickery.
  • bullshit — If you say that something is bullshit, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue.
  • witlessness — lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish.
  • gobbledygook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
  • buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
  • guff — empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
  • absurdness — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
  • malarky — speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
  • humbug — something intended to delude or deceive.
  • hokum — out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
  • gas — GNU assembler
  • jive — swing music or early jazz.
  • drivel — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
  • bunkum — If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
  • footle — to act or talk in a foolish or silly way.
  • monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
  • bs — BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
  • greek — of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
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