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pop⋅py⋅cock

  [pop-ee-kok]
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–noun
nonsense; bosh.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; perh. < D pappekak, equiv. to pappe- pap 1 + kak excrement

Related forms:
pop⋅py⋅cock⋅ish, adjective

Synonyms:
balderdash, bunk, hogwash, rubbish.
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Poppyseed Mak
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pop·py·cock   (pŏp'ē-kŏk')   
n.  Senseless talk; nonsense.

[Dutch dialectal pappekak : pap, pap (from Middle Dutch pappe, perhaps from Latin pappa, food) + kak, dung (from kakken, to defecate, from Middle Dutch kacken, from Latin cacāre; see kakka- in Indo-European roots).]
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poppycock 
1865, probably from Du. dialect pappekak, from M.Du. pappe "soft dung" (see pap) + kak "dung," from L. cacare "to excrete."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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