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
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
Many experts in finance and digital security have been watching with dismay as consumers and policymakers bought in to promoters’ balderdash.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.