Definitions
Etymologies
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Examples
“EC, fess up – you copy your codswallop from a large book collection of Keynes-Samuelson cant, don’t you?”
“As to what Her Ladyship had to say about the proms I can sum up thus: codswallop, which is code for ‘balderdash’.”
“One Hiram Codd did 'invent' a cold refreshing drink which it is claimed was called codswallop and since the Cockney slang for a glass of beer is a glass of wallop, maybe this is its etymological origin.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“Boris Johnson today dismissed continuing concerns over the News of the World's use of phone hacking as "codswallop" that "looks like a politically motivated put-up job by the Labour party".”
The Guardian: Boris Johnson dismisses concerns over News of the World phone hacking as 'codswallop'
“I was going to use the same description, but was not sure on the spelling; I was leaning towards "codswallop" though.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“In a 2008 book, Prof. MacKay dismisses what he calls the "codswallop" in the energy debate, such as government campaigns to get citizens to turn off their cellphone chargers.”
“At his home in Edinburgh's Lauriston Place, Mr MacDonald dismissed the illegitimacy claims as "codswallop".”
“On reflection whilst I stand by the thrust of that comment I would like to apologise for the intemperate use of words such as codswallop and and craven.”
“codswallop" colleges provide, as well as experience.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘codswallop’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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Nincompoopery
Words that clatter and tumble
nincompoop, pettyfoggery, gaberlunzie, cattywampus, weisenheimer, katzenjammer, hecklephone, loblolly, carriwitchet, flibbertyjibbet, hornswoggle, thimblerigger and 159 more...
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Cod
cod, code, codex, codfish, codling, inshore cod, shoal-water cod, cultus-cod, shelled peasecod, black cod, cod-liver oil, coddle and 80 more...
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Goatboy's list
Goatboy's Word Emporium
juggernaut, abhor, discombobulate, fankle, oose, orchid, schadenfreude, doppleganger, garibaldi, coquette, arabesque, meme and 19 more...
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Nonsense
Words that mean (more or less) 'nonsense'
moonshine, tommyrot, rigmarole, hogwash, piffle, hokum, horsefeathers, codswallop, folderol, blatherskite, humbug, gammon and 1 more...
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Expressions of disbelief or disagreement
bollocks, come off it, rubbish, as if, bullshit, guff, i don't believe it, are you mad, tosh, nonsense, garbage, bunkum and 51 more...
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refriedswanforge's list
codswallop, dollop, ticker, shawarmageddon, shibboleth, zeitgeist, scrod, tomfoolery, idiom, rollock, rollicking, roger and 2 more...
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Nonsense
I've lost a word. Several months ago, I was reading a tart little essay online (the online counterpart of a British publication, but
*not* my beloved *LRB*, of that I'm pretty sure), and the ...twaddle, codswallop, bafflegab, gimcrackery, balderdash, poppycock, gibberish, tomfoolery, gobbledygook, buffoonery, hogwash, mumbo jumbo and 8 more...
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Brit-ISH
yay british!
arby True, but this one conjures up the nice mental imagery of whacking someone with a fish, whereas poppycock is an entirely different beast. Jun 21, 2007
seanahan This is pretty much the same as poppycock. Jun 5, 2007
arby NOUN: Chiefly British Slang Nonsense; rubbish.
ETYMOLOGY: Origin unknown. Jun 4, 2007