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.”
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2023
In the moment, you might have listened to this balderdash and perhaps responded: “Well then, how would you like me to take this?”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2022
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 boy might have been only twelve, but he knew already that opportunity = 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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