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balderdash

[bawl-der-dash] / ˈbɔl dərˌdæʃ /


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Or in his own words - spat out in a Yorkshire growl - "bunkum and balderdash".

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023

But despite “I Want You Back’s” heaping helping of the usual rom-com balderdash, both Slate and Day provide enough underdog charisma to make us root for their characters, if not their wrongheaded quests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022

For Mr. Merrill of Harrison Street, the romanticization of remote work is balderdash.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

The creators could have used the word hooey or baloney or balderdash.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 23, 2020

In other words, a person full of balderdash.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

A freezing vintner; a vintner who balderdashes his wine.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose




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