poppycock

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To claim that involving themselves POLITICALLY has any measure of validity concerning the teachings of the bible is pure poppycock, as Christ himself (if you believe) TAUGHT.

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  • ‘Pernicious poppycock,’ he used to call it in his bluff military way. —  Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
  • All poppycock, except they can sometimes find water. —  Death of a Burrowing Mole - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 62
  • And full of poppycock, she added with a shake of her head. —  Garwood, Julie - Prince Charming
  • Soton knew that for the poppycock it was; he didn't believe in demons of any sort, or gods, for that matter. —  Carr, John F, Kalvan Kingmaker (v1.0) (html).html
  • To claim that involving themselves POLITICALLY has any measure of validity concerning the teachings of the bible is pure poppycock, as Christ himself (if you believe) TAUGHT. —  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
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  1. 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 cacāre; see kakka- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. apparently from pop in diminutive form, + cock, in vague addition of contempt.
 

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