balderdash

Example Sentences

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Rasmussen’s promotion of its vaccine-related balderdash is replete with weasel words, as if the firm is opting for plausible deniability.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024

“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

Or in his own words - spat out in a Yorkshire growl - "bunkum and balderdash".

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

Declaring himself a victim is not just hyperbole or balderdash.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022

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