horsefeathers
Total poppycock, basically
Horsefeathers is a mild, old-fashioned exclamation meaning nonsense or rubbish: Horsefeathers! That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.
It emerged as a euphemism for horseshit, retaining the dismissive force while avoiding vulgarity.
The word sounds quaint today, evoking early twentieth-century speech.
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- tommyrotFoolish or worthless talk
- codswallopBritish term for nonsense
- bunkumInsincere or foolish talk
hogwash · malarkey · claptrap · twaddle · piffle · flapdoodle · hokum · humbug
Meaningless words or actions
- ridiculousInviting scorn through absurdity
- absurdWildly illogical
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
incredible · outrageous · laughable · ludicrous · foolishness · pshaw · tosh · humbug
Illicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- ragtimeSyncopated piano genre
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
- tommyrotFoolish or worthless talk
- codswallopBritish term for nonsense
bunkum · hogwash · malarkey · claptrap · twaddle · piffle · flapdoodle · hokum · humbug · baloney
nonsense
Meaningless words or actions
- ridiculousInviting scorn through absurdity
- absurdWildly illogical
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
unbelievable · incredible · outrageous · laughable · ludicrous · foolishness · pshaw · tosh · humbug · rubbish
speakeasy
Illicit liquor establishment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
ragtime · gramophone · bootlegger · doughboy
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
horsefeatherstruth
Accordance with reality
fact · reality · gospel · gospel truth · honest truth
horsefeatherssense
Perception or judgment
reason · rationality · reasonableness · wisdom · sensibleness