poppycock

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excrement”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒpikɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑpiˌkɑk/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

poppycock (usually uncountable, plural poppycocks)

1. (colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense.

   That rumor is nothing but sheer poppycock.

   He dismissed the conspiracy theory as poppycock.

   Don’t talk such poppycock—you know it’s not true.

Synonyms

• balderdash; see also Thesaurus:nonsense

Derived terms

• poppycockish

Translations

nonsense

• Afrikaans: pappekak, nonsens, onsin, snert, twak, stront
• Bulgarian: глупости (bg) f pl (gluposti)
• Dutch: onzin (nl), nonsens (nl)
• Finnish: hölynpöly (fi)
• French: baliverne (fr) f
• German: Quatsch (de) m, Dünnschiss (de) m
• Italian: stupidaggine (it) f
• Polish: bzdury f pl, ambaje (pl) m pl (archaic), androny (pl), banialuki f pl
• Russian: вздор (ru) m (vzdor), ерунда́ (ru) f (jerundá), туфта́ (ru) f (tuftá), чепуха́ (ru) f (čepuxá), чушь (ru) (čušʹ)
• Spanish: tontería (es), sinsentido
• Turkish: laga luga (tr)