Poppycock

English

Noun

Poppycock (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense.

   Synonyms - see WikiSaurus:nonsense, balderdash

Thesaurus=

baloney, bilge, blah, blah-blah, bop, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, chick, crap, flapdoodle, gal, gas, guff, gup, hogwash, hokum, hooey, hot air, lady friend, lass, malarkey, moonshine, mouse, piffle, rot, scat, shit, tommyrot, tripe, wind

Etymology

From Dutch pappekak, from pap (“mush”) + kak (“shit”).

Translations

nonsense

Afrikaans: pappekak (af), nonsens (af), onsin (af), snert (af), twak (af), stront (af) Dutch: onzin (nl), nonsens (nl)

German: Quatsch (de) m.