balderdash
Example Sentences
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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
For Mr. Merrill of Harrison Street, the romanticization of remote work is balderdash.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021
It’s no secret that the pandemic has been a rich breeding ground for infectious balderdash of every description.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2021
The creators could have used the word hooey or baloney or balderdash.
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2020
“Balderdash, balderdash, balderdash,” he would whisper to himself when he needed cheering.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.