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Noun
Colloquialisms or slang
often having an ambiguity of meaning of nonsense and untrue
- balderdash
- baloney (US, Australia)
- B.S - euphemism for Bullshit
- bull
- bulldust
- bunk
- bunkum
- codswallop
- drivel
- eyewash
- garbage (US)
- gibberish
- hogwash
- hooey (US)
- horse hockey - (usage?)
- junk
- malarkey
- manure - (usage?)
- piffle
- poppycock
- prattle (nonsensical talk)
- rubbish (British)
- tripe (only British?)
- twaddle
Taboo slang
Usage
Often preceded by the phrase - "What a load of ....."; sometimes by "What a pile of....." or "What a heap of ....."
Interjection
Any of the above nouns, along with the following:
- all my eye and Betty Martin
- my arse (British), my ass (US)
- my eye
- my foot
- pull the other one
- pull the other one, it's got bells on
- you're having me on
- you're pulling my leg
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