Synonyms for poppycock
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Noun
1. Hooey
hogwash, balderdash, bullshit, malarkey informal, piffle, stuff, stuff and nonsense, hokum, rubbish, prattle, blah, bull, fudge, jazz, tush, blatherskite, balductum, twaddle, baloney, drivel, blather, gobbledygook informal US, gobbledegook UK
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Definitions
- n. 1
foolish talk; nonsense.
That rumor is nothing but sheer poppycock.
Forms
- Plural
- poppycocks → hogwashes, malarkeys, stuffs, hokums…
Example sentences
- bullshit I know you don't have the money—don't bullshit me!
- hogwash I think that's a lot of hogwash.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| poppycock | steady | |
| bullshit | rising | |
| hogwash | steady | |
| balderdash | steady | |
| piffle | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bull1, jazz1, blah1, tush1
- 5 letters
- stuff1, fudge1, hokum2
- 6 letters
- drivel2, piffle
- 7 letters
- rubbish2, baloney3, hogwash2, prattle2, blather2, twaddle2
- 8 letters
- bullshit2, malarkey3
- 9 letters
- balductum
- 10 letters
- balderdash3
- 12 letters
- gobbledygook4, gobbledegook, blatherskite
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- baliverne
- Italiano
- stupidaggine
- Deutsch
- Kleinigkeit