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💨 Nonsense or dust 🙄 Disbelief 🤥 To deceive
bulldust

bulldust

1 9.9
Nonsense or small dry dust from remote areas
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : tontería
  • His excuses were just a load of bulldust that no one believed.

Examples

  • After the rain, the ground was covered in fine bulldust that made driving difficult.

  • Thanks, Bulldust.

    Blog text (15)

  • Oh, that's a load of Aussie bulldust.

    Evil Angels (1988)

  • But beyond Charleville, I think the road deteriorates to dirt and bulldust.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • During the meeting, she dismissed his claims as pure bulldust without any evidence.

Synonyms

dust
vsbulldust
706 1.0

Tiny, dry particles that collect on surfaces or float in the air

is also an informal Australian slang word meaning nonsense
dust cloud
vsbulldust
11 2.9

A visible cloud of fine dust hanging in the air

is loose powder rather than a suspended visible cloud

Antonyms

clarity
152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

How Nonsensical

absurdity
54 6.1
nonsense
578 2.5
bulldust
  • Australian
1 9.9
rubbish
  • UK
49 2.5

Surface Forms

bulldust singular
bulldusts plural

Morphology

bulldust = bull + dust (semi-transparent) = bull + dust

Components 'bull' and 'dust' are visible but the slang sense 'nonsense' is figurative and not fully predictable for learners.

Etymology

Bulldust comes from Australian English and joins bull (used to mean 'nonsense') and dust ('fine dry dirt'). So it can mean the red outback dust and, by a helpful image, 'nonsense' that hides the truth.