balderdash
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balderdash
- /ˈbɔːldə.dæʃ/ UK
Where it comes from
Unknown, possibly from the early English drink of wine mixed with beer or water or other substances that was sold cheaply.
noun
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Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
Where, you cried in the name of Wonder, have you been able to gather together such an old fashioned Bundlement of Scientific Balderdash?
Similar: bunk, drivel, folderol, piffle, poppycock, rubbish, twaddle, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce
- A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. [T]hey would no more liue vnder the yoke of the Sea, or haue their heads waſht with his bubbly ſpume or Barbers balderdaſh, [...]
- Obscene language or writing. Trugge, therefore, (who has a foul mouth of his own, when he pleases) talked balderdash to Mrs. Sudberry, through the key-hole, which she did not answer, for, indeed, she seems a civil spoken woman, truly [...]
verb balderdashes · balderdashing · balderdashed
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To mix or adulterate.
That which is made by the peasants, both red and white, is generally genuine: but the wine-merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeons dung and quick-lime.
Similar: abase, adulter, admix, sophisticate, adulterate, adulterize, alloy, balderdash, corrupt, bastardize, dash, dilute
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noun nonsense
| 한국어 | 농담 nongdam |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | たわごと tawagoto |
| 中文 | 胡說八道 /胡说八道 húshuōbādào |
| Português | besteira, baboseira |
| Français | bêtises, calembredaines, carabistouilles |
| Deutsch | Gefasel |
| Русский | чепуха́ čepuxá, бессмы́слица bessmýslica, вздор vzdor, галиматья́ galimatʹjá, белиберда́ beliberdá |
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title = {balderdash},
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