balderdash
Example Sentences
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One would have to be an expert in the field to identify it as total balderdash.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2024
Declaring himself a victim is not just hyperbole or balderdash.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022
For Mr. Merrill of Harrison Street, the romanticization of remote work is balderdash.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.