all bulldung
- noun
- Australian
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- She refused to believe the rumors, calling them all bulldung.
Examples
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That explanation sounds like all bulldung to me.
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Everything he said at the meeting was just all bulldung.
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That explanation is just all bulldung!
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I can't believe you bought that all bulldung.
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Everything he said at the meeting was just all bulldung.
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She refused to believe the rumors, calling them all bulldung.
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That explanation sounds like all bulldung to me.
Synonyms
578
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
48
7.5
Talk that is not true or is silly
22
6.7
Nonsense talk that is not true
16
7.4
Untrue or silly talk that people should not believe
13
8.8
Talk that is not true and tries to trick people
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
9
8.4
Silly or untrue talk that is not serious
9
9.7
Something not true that people say to fool others
3
8.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
2
9.9
A rude expression that says something is not true
1
9.9
Talk or ideas that are untrue and not worth believing
1
9.9
Talk that is false and meant to fool or impress people
1
9.9
Talk that is not true or is silly
1
9.6
Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
1
9.9
Talk that is false or silly
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
1
9.9
Loud, silly talk that has no useful meaning
1
9.9
Talk that is false and not worth listening to
Talk that is not true and meant to trick people
Words or ideas that are complete nonsense and worthless
Talk that is false and hard to believe
A false statement said on purpose to trick people
A story or idea that is untrue and silly
Talk that is not true and that people do not believe
Something very silly and not true
Something someone says that is not true
Complete nonsense that is not true and not believable
Words that are not true and have no value
Talk that is silly and not true
False talk meant to trick people
Something that is not true or important
Antonyms
How Credible
- Australian
578
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
all + bulldung
The phrase combines the determiner 'all' with 'bulldung' (apparently bull + dung), so a learner who knows the constituents can plausibly infer a literal sense of 'entirely dung' and thus 'completely worthless/rubbish'—the 'all + noun' composition is straightforward. However, 'bulldung' is an informal, nonstandard coinage and the shift from literal feces to 'nonsense' is a metaphorical, dialectal extension that requires pragmatic/cultural knowledge, so the relation is only partly predictable.
Etymology
The phrase all bulldung may come from the words bull and dung, meaning a bull's dung, or poop. So comparing an idea to animal poop gives a clear image of something worthless and untrue, which is why it means 'complete nonsense' or 'not to be believed'.