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🙄 Nonsense! 🙄 Foolish talk
horsefeathers

horsefeathers

9.9
A short shout to show you do not believe something or are annoyed
  • interjection
  • /ˈhɔrsˌfɛðərz/
  • Archaic
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  • When he claimed he could run a mile in three minutes, she exclaimed, 'Horsefeathers!'

Examples

  • Oh, horsefeathers! That's just ridiculous!

  • I can't believe you think that! Horsefeathers!

  • I heard the rumor, but honestly, it's just horsefeathers if you ask me.

  • He dismissed the wild story as complete horsefeathers and refused to believe it.

  • When her friend said he'd never missed a flight, she exclaimed, 'Horsefeathers!'

  • I can't believe he thinks that plan will work; it's just a bunch of horsefeathers!

  • She rolled her eyes and said, 'Horsefeathers! That idea is completely absurd!'

Synonyms

bullcrap
vshorsefeathers
  • Offensive
9.9

A shout that shows you do not believe something

focuses on annoyance and calls things ridiculous rather than untrue
bulldust
vshorsefeathers
  • Australian
9.9

An exclamation showing you think something is nonsense

is used to show annoyance and treat things as ridiculous rather than untrue
fiddlesticks
vshorsefeathers
  • Archaic
9.9

An old-fashioned word people say to show disbelief or annoyance

is a more current exclamation expressing nonsense or ridicule rather than old style
hurf
vshorsefeathers
  • Offensive
9.9

A short exclamation showing disbelief or contempt

emphasizes annoyance and nonsense rather than contempt
meshugana
vshorsefeathers
  • Offensive
9.9

A shout to say someone is crazy

focuses on labeling ideas as nonsense or showing annoyance not insulting people
feh
vshorsefeathers
  • Informal
9.9

A short sound used to show dislike and to dismiss an idea or person

expresses disbelief or annoyance rather than pure contempt or disgust

Antonyms

truth
∞ 1.0

A fact that shows how things really are

sense
∞ 4.1

A particular meaning of a word or expression

Surface Forms

horsefeathers main

Morphology

horsefeathers = horse + feather (opaque) = horse + feather + s

Although formally a compound of 'horse' + 'feather(s)', the meaning 'nonsense' is an idiomatic, playful expletive not predictable from the components.

Etymology

Horsefeathers is a playful phrase that makes you imagine horse and feathers together — a silly, impossible picture. That's why people say horsefeathers as an exclamation to show something is 'nonsense' or ridiculous.