poppycock

[ pop-ee-kok ]

noun

1. nonsense; bosh.

   Synonyms: rubbish, hogwash, bunk, balderdash

poppycock

/ ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk /

noun

1. informal.
   senseless chatter; nonsense

Other Words From

• poppy·cockish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of poppycock¹

1840–50, Americanism; perhaps < Dutch pappekak, equivalent to pappe- pap ¹ + kak excrement

Word History and Origins

Origin of poppycock¹

C19: from Dutch dialect pappekak, literally: soft excrement, from pap soft + kak dung; see pap ¹

Example Sentences

Korsh said the British royal family did not want her character, Rachel, to say the word “poppycock.”

From Los Angeles Times

Meghan Markle was forbidden by the royal family to say "poppycock" in an episode of the legal drama "Suits," the show's creator Aaron Korsh shared in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

From Salon

And so it is understandable that Angel fans, in the immortal words of Mike Scioscia, would consider this column “poppycock.”

From Los Angeles Times

But its various figments and narratives had merged, as such poppycock tends to do, with an older and homegrown genre of German extremism.

From Seattle Times

I don my tricorn hat and declare this "poppycock."

From Salon

Related Words

• nonsense