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balderdash

[ bawl-der-dash ]

noun

  1. senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense.
  2. Obsolete. a muddled mixture of liquors.


balderdash

/ ˈbɔːldəˌdæʃ /

noun

  1. stupid or illogical talk; senseless rubbish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of balderdash1

First recorded in 1590–1600; of obscure origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of balderdash1

C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

But all this is ugly balderdash, which expresses not a single character nor feature.

Just as an able-minded man will sit down for hours and fiddle over the puzzle column in a Sunday balderdash.

It is scarcely to be wondered at that such balderdash disgusted and even enraged Beethoven.

The man who formulated the materialist conception of history could not by any possibility utter such balderdash.

"Don't be taken in by such balderdash, Madame," said the exasperated doctor.

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