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   Pop·py·cock

   /ˈpäpēˌkäk/

   

   noun

   • 1. nonsense: informal "he said I was talking poppycock"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from Dutch dialect pappekak, from pap ‘soft’ + kak ‘dung’.

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   What does Poppycock mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of POPPYCOCK is empty talk or writing : nonsense. How to use poppycock in a sentence.

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   Where did Poppycock come from?

   • Poppycock comes to us from Dutch immigrants to America who brought with them the word pappekak, which reputedly means soft dung. As one may imagine, the term lost its original dung meaning in its transformation into the word poppycock. Little did the ladies of the Victorian Era realize that the innocent word, poppycock, had such improper origins.

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   Why is Poppycock a nonsense word?

   • During the mid-1800s the American press coined many nonsense words such as poppycock, but this particular word quickly made its way across the ocean to the British Isles. Poppycock! was often used in conversation as an exclamation of disagreement at the turn of the twentieth century.

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3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › poppycockPoppycock Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Poppycock is a noun that means empty talk or writing, or nonsense. It comes from a Dutch dialect word for soft dung. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › poppycockPOPPYCOCK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   noun [ U ] old-fashioned disapproving us / ˈpɑː.pi.kɑːk / uk / ˈpɒp.i.kɒk / Add to word list. nonsense: He dismissed the allegations as poppycock. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Nonsense. a crock (of shit) idiom. babble. balderdash. balls. baloney. bilge. blah. blather. blither. double-talk. doublespeak. drivel. eyewash. flapdoodle.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › poppycockPOPPYCOCK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   noun [ U ] old-fashioned disapproving uk / ˈpɒp.i.kɒk / us / ˈpɑː.pi.kɑːk / Add to word list. nonsense: He dismissed the allegations as poppycock. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Nonsense. a crock (of shit) idiom. babble. balderdash. balls. baloney. blah. blather. blither. double-talk. doublespeak. drivel. eyewash. flapdoodle. malarkey

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   Poppycock definition: nonsense; bosh.. See examples of POPPYCOCK used in a sentence.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › poppycockPOPPYCOCK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   5 days ago · noun. informal. senseless chatter; nonsense. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C19: from Dutch dialect pappekak, literally: soft excrement, from pap soft + kak dung; see pap1. Word Frequency. poppycock in American English. (ˈpɑpiˌkɑk ) US. noun. Informal. foolish talk; nonsense.

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   Define poppycock. poppycock synonyms, poppycock pronunciation, poppycock translation, English dictionary definition of poppycock. n. Senseless talk; nonsense.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionpoppycock noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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   Poppycock is an old-fashioned and informal word for silly or not true ideas, statements or beliefs. It is a synonym of nonsense. Learn how to pronounce and use it with examples and grammar notes.