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balderdash

PRONUNCIATION:

(BAWL-duhr-dash)

MEANING:

noun: Nonsense.

ETYMOLOGY:

Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1596.

USAGE:

“It was a stream of mostly idle rumours and balderdash, embellished half-truths and barstool gossip.”
Harte Still Standing in Derry; Irish Times (Dublin); Jun 6, 2024.

See more usage examples of balderdash in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (19 Jun 1623-1662)

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