tosh

¹ American  

[tosh] / tɒʃ /

noun

Chiefly British Informal.

1. nonsense; bosh.

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tosh ² American  

[tosh] / tɒʃ /

verb (used with object)

1. to make neat or tidy.

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adjective

1. neat; tidy.

tosh British  

/ tɒʃ /

noun

1. slang nonsense; rubbish

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Other Word Forms

• toshly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of tosh¹

1890–95; perhaps blend of trash + bosh ¹

Origin of tosh²

First recorded in 1770–80; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

We could just call this an absolute load of utter codswallop and tosh, but let's take a minute and really unpack Graham's sales pitch here.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2022

TS Eliot, writing in 1923, believed it was "the most important expression which the present age has found" but Virginia Woolf described it as "tosh".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2022

While it seems extremely unlikely, we are prepared to concede we’ve published more outlandish tosh.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2018

But Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said this week that the idea that poor children would benefit from a return of grammar schools was "tosh" and "nonsense"

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2016

Their Load of Lies Now, why do people in Fleet-street talk such tosh?

From Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)