horsefeathers

[hawrs-feth-erz] Origin

horse·feath·ers

[hawrs-feth-erz] Slang.
noun
1.
(used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
interjection
2.
rubbish; nonsense; bunk (used to express contemptuous rejection).

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Horsefeathers is always a great word to know.
So is geriatric. Does it mean:
insincere talk; nonsense
an old person

Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; horse + feathers, as euphemism for horseshit
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horsefeathers
"nonsense," 1928, said to have been coined by U.S. cartoonist Billy De Beck; perhaps a variant of horseshit "nonsense," though the latter is attested only from 1940s.
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