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pop·py·cock 
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| nonsense; bosh. |
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pop·py·cock·ish, adjective
—Synonyms balderdash, bunk, hogwash, rubbish.
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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 |
| poppycock | |
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| senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" [syn: stuff] |
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