Wikisaurus:nonsense
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[edit] Noun
[edit] Sense: meaningless letter or words; or a false statement
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Colloquialisms or slang
- balderdash
- baloney (US, Australia)
- BS
- blatherskite
- bull
- bulldust
- bunk
- bunkum
- bushwah
- chinese
- claptrap
- codswallop
- drivel
- eyewash
- fiddle-faddle
- flim-flam
- folderol
- garbage (US)
- garble
- gibberish
- gobbledygook
- hogwash
- hokum
- hooey (US)
- horse hockey - (Canadian)
- horsefeathers
- horse puckey
- junk
- malarkey (Ireland, US)
- manure - (usage?)
- mojibake
- nertz (US)
- pie in the sky
- piffle
- poppycock
- prattle
- rubbish (UK)
- talk through one's hat
- tosh (UK)
- tripe (UK)
- twaddle
[edit] Taboo slang
- bollocks (British)
- bullcrap
- bullshit
- crap
- crock of shit
- what a crock
- crock
- horseshit (US)
[edit] Usage
Often preceded by the phrase - "What a load of ....."; sometimes by "What a pile of....." or "What a heap of ....."
[edit] Interjection
[edit] Sense: TODO
Any of the above nouns, along with the following:
