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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | baloney, bunk, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, foolishness, hogwash, idiocy, ludicrousness, poppycock, ridiculousness, rigmarole, tomfoolery, twaddle |
| Main Entry: | absurdity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridiculous situation or behavior |
| Synonyms: | BS, applesauce, bull*, crap, craziness, farce, flapdoodle, folly, foolishness, hot air, idiocy, illogicality, illogicalness, improbability, inanity, incongruity, insanity, irrationality, jazz, jive, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, unreasonableness |
| Antonyms: | logic, reason, reasonableness, sense |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
| Synonyms: | bits, crap, detritus, dregs, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, offal, pieces, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | droppings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excrement |
| Synonyms: | cow pies, cowplop, crap, dung, feces, fertilizer, guano, manure, meadow muffin, night soil, ordure, poop |
| Main Entry: | dung |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excrement |
| Synonyms: | cow pies, cowplop, crap, droppings, feces, fertilizer, guano, manure, meadow muffin, night soil, ordure, poop |
| Main Entry: | guff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | baloney, bull, bunk, bunkum, crap, drivel, flapdoodle, foolishness, garbage, hogwash, hooey, poppycock, rubbish |
| Main Entry: | heroin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smack |
| Synonyms: | H, big H, candy*, crap, diacetylmorphine, doojee, dope, drug, flea powder, hard stuff, horse*, junk*, mojo, narcotic, opium, scag, white stuff |
| Notes: | heroin (the drug) is based on Latin/Greek heros 'hero' because of its effects on the user's self-esteem; heroine is a courageous principal female character (the counterpart of hero) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | twaddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | BS, babble, balderdash, baloney, bull, bunk, chatter, crap, drivel, foolishness, gibberish, hogwash, hooey, hot air, idle talk, jive, mumbo jumbo, palaver, poppycock, prattle, rubbish, silliness, stultiloquence, trash*, tripe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bull |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, baloney, bilge, bunkum, claptrap, crap, hogwash, rubbish, trash |
| Antonyms: | fact, truth |
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