poppycock

Total foolish drivel

Poppycock is nonsense or rubbish—empty talk that shouldn't be taken seriously.

The word sounds quaint and slightly comical, often used to dismiss something as absurd: That's absolute poppycock.

It carries less force than bullshit but more dismissiveness than nonsense.

nonsense

balderdash

Senseless talk or writing

hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
drivelSenseless, silly talk
gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing

malarkey · twaddle · bunkum · claptrap · codswallop · piffle · baloney · tommyrot · humbug · bosh

quaint

balderdash

Senseless talk or writing

flapdoodleFoolish, empty talk
fiddle-faddleTrivial nonsense or fussing
tommyrotFoolish or worthless talk

bosh · piffle · old-fashioned · Victorian · vintage · antiquated · dated · retro · nostalgic · bygone

dismissal

rubbish

Waste or nonsense

nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
ridiculousInviting scorn through absurdity
absurdWildly illogical

preposterous · rejection · refutation · debunking · discrediting · denial · contradiction · rebuttal · disbelief · scoffing

Categories

American slangbamboozle, bogus, bunkum, conniption, discombobulate
interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
Bunkbalderdash, baloney, bosh, bunk, bunkum
British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
Nonsense & Oxymoronsparadox, contradiction, nonsense, gibberish, balderdash

Opposites

truth and validity

poppycocktruth

Accordance with reality

fact · reality · gospel truth · accuracy · verity

intellectual quality

poppycockwisdom

Good judgment from experience

sense · good sense · rationality · reasonableness · logic

substance and value

poppycocksubstance

Physical material with mass

profundity · insight · genuine article · weightiness · gravitas

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G