bushwa

American  

[boosh-wah, -waw] / ˈbʊʃ wɑ, -wɔ /

Or bushwah

noun

1. rubbishy nonsense; baloney; bull.

   You'll hear a lot of boring bushwa about his mechanical skill.

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Etymology

Origin of bushwa

1915–20; perhaps representing bourgeois ¹, from its use in political rhetoric, the actual sense being lost; taken as euphemism for bullshit

Example Sentences

Bushwa, of course, but it was and is that way for me and so I found some sled dogs.

From Literature

In its first season, “True Detective” cultivated a delirious murder-mystery psychosphere, flirted with gross and engrossing conspiracy theories, elevated buddy-cop banter to an entertaining level of existential bushwa, embodied the McConaissance—then shrivelled to a grotesque whodunnit, in an unaccountably uplifting season finale.

From The New Yorker

The script, which Mr. Miller wrote with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris, has been whittled almost clean of expository dialogue and touchy-feely bushwa.

From New York Times

Mikulski objects to what she characterizes as this "fully briefed" bushwa.

From The Guardian

Despite a make-believe perspective on feminism amounting to a lot of Simone de Bushwa, the show doesn’t very often ask to be taken seriously.

From Slate