poppycock

pop·py·cock  (pp-kk)

n.

Senseless talk; nonsense.

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[Dutch dialectal pappekak : pap, pap (from Middle Dutch pappe, perhaps from Latin pappa, food) + kak, dung (from kakken, to defecate, from Middle Dutch kacken, from Latin cacre; see kakka- in Indo-European roots).]

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poppycock [ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk]

n

Informal senseless chatter; nonsense

[from Dutch dialect pappekak, literally: soft excrement, from pap soft + kak dung; see pap¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

poppycock - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" hooey, stuff and nonsense, stuff hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

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poppycock

noun (Informal) nonsense, rubbish, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), pants (informal), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), babble, bollocks (Brit. taboo slang), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, baloney (informal), gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bunkum (chiefly U.S.), piffle (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang) Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock.

Translations

poppycock [ˈpɒpɪkɒk] N → paparruchas fpl, tonterías fpl
poppycock! → ¡paparruchas!

poppycock [ˈpɒpikɒk] n → balivernes fpl
Poppy Day (British) n → jour m de l'Armistice
poppy seed n → graine f de pavot
pop quiz n (US) → interrogation f (écrite) surprise
Popsicle® [ˈpɒpsɪk^əl] n (US) (= ice lolly) → glace f à l'eau
pop singer n → chanteur/euse m/f pop
pop socks npl (British) → mi-bas fins)mpl >
pop song n → chanson f pop
pop star n → pop star f

poppycock

n (dated inf) → Unsinn m, → Blödsinn m (inf)

poppycock [ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk] n (fam) → scempiaggini fpl