horse feathers
Rubbish and bunk
Horse feathers is a mild, old-fashioned exclamation meaning nonsense or rubbish: Horse feathers! That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.
It functions as a euphemistic oath, substituting for stronger expressions of disbelief or dismissal.
The phrase sounds quaint and theatrical today, sometimes used ironically.
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
- bunkumInsincere or foolish talk
claptrap · malarkey · baloney · tommyrot · codswallop · flapdoodle · moonshine · piffle
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- phooeyInterjection expressing contempt
- fiddlesticksArchaic interjection of annoyance
- baloneyFoolish talk, slang
hogwash · nuts · bunk · humbug · rubbish · nonsense · piffle · tommyrot
Twenties unconventional young woman
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
- jazz age1920s American cultural era
vaudeville · ragtime · silent film · talkies · slapstick · old-timey · anachronism · dated
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
bunkum · claptrap · malarkey · baloney · tommyrot · codswallop · flapdoodle · moonshine · piffle · hokum
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- phooeyInterjection expressing contempt
- fiddlesticksArchaic interjection of annoyance
baloney · hogwash · nuts · bunk · humbug · rubbish · nonsense · piffle · tommyrot · stuff and nonsense
flapper
Twenties unconventional young woman
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- roaring twentiesProsperous 1920s period
jazz age · vaudeville · ragtime · silent film · talkies · slapstick · old-timey · anachronism · dated · quaint
horse feathersgospel truth
Claim beyond all question
fact · spot on · undeniable · gospel · verifiable
horse feathersabsolutely
Completely, without exception
you said it · amen · precisely · I agree · hear hear
horse featherstruth
Accordance with reality
fact · reality · gospel truth · honest truth · certainty
horse, feather, horses, horsed, horsing, horsy, horsey, horseman, horsemanship