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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

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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

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First, they underline how all the hand-wringing from Republicans about lazy layabouts collecting Medicaid and food stamps instead of working is balderdash.

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With Donald Trump returning to office and the Big Game turning into a vacuum of trivial balderdash, there’s no better recent example of America’s massive cultural stalemate than Super Bowl LIX.

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Kennedy has elevated threats to the livelihoods of scientists who have resisted his brand of balderdash from the implicit to the explicit.

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One would have to be an expert in the field to identify it as total balderdash.

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“I am upset on the behalf of young men in America. They cannot listen to this balderdash and this old-timey view of women, which is a caveman view.”

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