Balderdash (noun)
buhl-du-dash
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
Originally used to describe a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), balderdash was transferred in the 1670s to mean a “senseless jumble of words.” .
Example sentences
” Everything that comes out of his mouth is utter balderdash.”
“Have you seen these proposals? Complete balderdash the lot of it.”
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