balderdash

Example Sentences

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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

What is melting away is the patience of climate scientists and other experts when confronted with action-delaying balderdash.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2021

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

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2020

He expected her to say no, and then say something about opportunities, or any of the balderdash the grown-ups always told him.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman