WikiSaurus:nonsense

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1 Noun 1.1 Colloquialisms or slang 1.2 Taboo slang 1.3 Usage 2 Interjection

Noun

• nonsense

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

• bollocks (British)
• bullshit
• crap
• crock of shit
• horseshit (US)

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