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balderdash
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Balderdash
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bal·der·dash
/
ˈbɔl
dərˌdæʃ
/
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[
bawl
-der-dash
]
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noun
1.
senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense.
2.
Obsolete
.
a muddled
mixture
of liquors.
Origin:
1590–1600;
of obscure origin
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balderdash
(ˈbɔːldəˌdæʃ)
—
n
stupid or illogical talk; senseless rubbish
[C16: of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
balderdash
1590s, of unknown origin; originally a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), transferred 1670s to "senseless jumble of words." From
dash
; first element perhaps cognate with Dan. balder "noise, clatter" (cf.
boulder
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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It takes a certain smarts to lift cash from people's wallets by selling
balderdash
.
They arc welcome to as much poetry as they can wrench from such
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.
They're much more useful than the reams of
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found in zoning codes.
But there must be thousands who take this
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seriously and never ask.
The
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and realities of health and performance claims for supplements as exemplified by calcium, chromium and vanadium.
Balderdash
of course, there is no coherence and no chemical activity observed.
But all this is ugly
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, which expresses not a single character nor feature.
Almost everything else has been
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or has used the war peripherally.
Clearly, this statement is
balderdash
, a deliberate and calculated deception designed to confuse the public.
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balderdash
.
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