balderdash

Example Sentences

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“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

But despite “I Want You Back’s” heaping helping of the usual rom-com balderdash, both Slate and Day provide enough underdog charisma to make us root for their characters, if not their wrongheaded quests.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2022

For Mr. Merrill of Harrison Street, the romanticization of remote work is balderdash.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright decried the story as "balderdash", while British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said there was "not a single shred of evidence" to support it.

From BBC • May 6, 2019

To put it bluntly: OOS, OOM is poppycock, balderdash, rubbish, and nonsense.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood