poppycock
10
9.9
- noun
- /ˈpɑpɪˌkɑk/
- Informal
:
tontería
- His excuse for being late was nothing but poppycock.
- said, "poppycock"
- just poppycock
- Oh, poppycock
At one point you refer to it as a pandemic of poppycock, pandemic of poppycock.
- At one point you refer to it as a pandemic of poppycock, pandemic of poppycock.
- Like it just is all in this new age and and, and nothing against new age even, but he just viewed it all as this kind of poppycock.
Examples
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That is pure poppycock.
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I don't think I've ever heard... such a total load of poppycock.
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But who would believe such a crazy poppycock explanation?
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The Bill of Rights, on the other hand, has none of that philosophical poppycock in it.
Academic text (1999) -
The decline of U.S. manufacturing is poppycock.
Blog text (20) -
Enough of this self pitying poppycock.
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That's a bunch of poppycock.
Blog text (31) -
Absolute rubbish, balderdash and poppycock!
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All scientific disciplines have narratives, and some of those are conceivably poppycock.
Blog text (23) -
In other words, excuses about failing to include proper citations because of Wikipedia's constant changes are poppycock.
Blog text (5)
Synonyms
578
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
49
2.5
Talk or writing that is not true and not useful
48
7.5
Talk that is not true or is silly
45
9.9
Things people say or do that are false and rude
22
6.7
Nonsense talk that is not true
16
7.4
Untrue or silly talk that people should not believe
15
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
13
8.8
Talk that is not true and tries to trick people
11
8.4
Talk that is foolish and has little meaning
9
8.4
Silly or untrue talk that is not serious
9
9.7
Something not true that people say to fool others
5
8.6
Silly, unimportant talk that has no meaning
5
8.7
Silly talk about unimportant things
3
8.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
3
9.9
Talk that is silly and unimportant
3
9.9
A silly idea or story that is not true
1
9.9
Talk that is false and meant to fool or impress people
1
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
1
9.9
Talk or ideas that are untrue and not worth believing
1
6.6
Silly talk that is not true or useful
1
9.6
Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
1
9.9
Talk that is not true or is silly
1
8.9
Silly or unimportant talk that wastes time
1
9.9
Foolish talk or ideas that are unimportant and silly
1
9.9
Loud, silly talk that has no useful meaning
1
9.9
False statements meant to trick people
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
1
9.9
Silly or untrue talk that people should not believe
1
9.9
Talk that is false and not worth listening to
1
9.9
Worthless or silly talk that has no useful ideas
Light talk about unimportant, silly things people say
Talk that is false and makes no sense
Talk that is false and hard to believe
Something very silly and not true
A story or idea that is untrue and silly
A large amount of nonsense that is clearly untrue
A silly or meaningless remark that is not serious
Something that is not true or important
Words or ideas that are complete nonsense and worthless
Untrue or silly talk that is not important
Silly talk that makes little sense
Talk that is not true or makes no sense
Ideas that are not true and make no sense
Talk that is silly and not true
Antonyms
How Absurd
- Informal
16
7.4
- Informal
3
8.9
578
2.5
- Informal
10
9.9
36
7.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Poppycock comes from an old Dutch mix of pap and kak, where pap meant 'soft food' and kak meant 'dung', so it was a rude way to call something rubbish. That's why poppycock now means 'nonsense'.