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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?

   • Detailed meaning of poppycock It is a term used to dismiss or express skepticism towards someone's statements or ideas that are seen as ridiculous, baseless, or lacking in credibility. Poppycock often implies a sense of disbelief or disdain towards the information being presented, suggesting that it is unworthy of serious consideration or belief.

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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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   Definition of poppycock noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   noun. Foolish talk; nonsense. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: hooey. stuff-and-nonsense. rot. jive. bosh. trash. rubbish. baloney. gibberish. malarkey. nonsense. balderdash. hogwash. foolishness. interjection. Nonsense! Webster's New World. Advertisement. Origin of Poppycock.

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   It is a term used to dismiss or express skepticism towards someone's statements or ideas that are seen as ridiculous, baseless, or lacking in credibility. Poppycock often implies a sense of disbelief or disdain towards the information being presented, suggesting that it is unworthy of serious consideration or belief.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pop‧py‧cock /ˈpɒpikɒk $ ˈpɑːpikɑːk/ noun [ uncountable] old-fashioned nonsense Examples from the Corpus poppycock • Compassionate capitalists know that all this talk of love is humbug and poppycock when people are hungry, homeless, and unhappy.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of POPPYCOCK. [noncount] informal + old-fashioned. : foolish words or ideas : nonsense. That's a lot of poppycock! POPPYCOCK meaning: foolish words or ideas nonsense.

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   Jan 16, 2023 · poppycock (usually uncountable, plural poppycocks) ( colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense.

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   6 days ago · noun. Informal. foolish talk; nonsense. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. Du pappekak, lit., soft dung. Word Frequency. poppycock in American English. (ˈpɑpiˌkɑk) noun. nonsense; bosh. SYNONYMS balderdash, bunk, hogwash, rubbish.