poppycock
Foolish talk; nonsenseFoolish talk; nonsense.
» "Don't leave, Mary! I love you!" "Oh, poppycock! You only think you do!"
„Geh nicht weg, Maria! Ich lieb’ dich doch!“ – „Ach papperlapapp! Das bildest du dir nur ein!“
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial, uncountable, usually)Foolish talk; nonsense.
That rumor is nothing but sheer poppycock.
He dismissed the conspiracy theory as poppycock.
Quatsch, Dünnschiss
вздорvzdor, ерунда́jerundá, туфта́tuftá
senseless talk
Examples
1 sentences"Don't leave, Mary! I love you!" "Oh, poppycock! You only think you do!"
de„Geh nicht weg, Maria! Ich lieb’ dich doch!“ – „Ach papperlapapp! Das bildest du dir nur ein!“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
7 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excremenBorrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excrement”).
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Forms
plural: poppycocks| Singular | poppycock |
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uncountable
Synonyms
4 synonyms- senseless talk:stuffstuff and nonsensehooey
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable