Poppycock
[pop-ee-kok] /ˈpɒp iˌkɒk/
noun
1.
nonsense; bosh.
/ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk/
noun
1.
(informal) senseless chatter; nonsense
n.
1865, American English, probably from Dutch dialect pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe “soft food” (see pap) + kak “dung,” from Latin cacare “to excrete” (see caca).
noun
Nonsense; foolishness
[1865+; apparently fr Dutch pappekak, ”soft dung”]
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