poppycock

pop·py·cock

 (pŏp′ē-kŏk′)

n.

Senseless talk; nonsense.

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[Perhaps from an unattested American colonial Dutch use of Dutch poppekak, doll's excrement (in contemporary Dutch, found mostly in variants of the expression zo fijn als gemalen poppekak, excessively pious (literally, as fine as powdered doll's excrement)) : pop, doll (from Middle Dutch poppe, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin pūpa) + kak, excrement (from kakken, to defecate, from Middle Dutch kacken, from Latin cacāre; see kakka- in Indo-European roots).]

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poppycock

(ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk)

n

informal senseless chatter; nonsense

[C19: from Dutch dialect pappekak, literally: soft excrement, from pap soft + kak dung; see pap¹]

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pop•py•cock

(ˈpɒp iˌkɒk)

n.

nonsense; foolishness.

[1840–50, Amer.; perhaps < Dutch pappekak=pappe- pap¹ + kak excrement]

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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.

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poppycock

noun

Something that does not have or make sense:

balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.

Informal: tommyrot.

Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.

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Translations

poppycock

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

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poppycock

[ˈpɒpikɒk] n → balivernes fplPoppy Day (British) n → jour m de l'Armisticepoppy seed n → graine f de pavotpop quiz n (US) → interrogation f (écrite) surprisePopsicle® [ˈpɒpsɪk^əl] n (US) (= ice lolly) → glace f à l'eaupop singer n → chanteur/euse m/f poppop socks npl (British) → mi-bas mpl (fins)pop song n → chanson f poppop star n → pop star f

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poppycock

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

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poppycock

[ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk] n (fam) → scempiaggini fpl

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