Meaning balderdash
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balderdash


1590s, of unknown origin; originally a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), transferred 1670s to "senseless jumble of words." From dash; first element perhaps cognate [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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balderdash


noun Definition: nonsense stories or talk Example Sentence: My brother is telling me his balderdash.
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balderdash


(n) trivial nonsense
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balderdash


Ribaldry, jargon. (Danish Balder, tattle, clatter.)
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senseless talk or writing; nonsense. (archaic) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. * Taylor (''Drink and Welcome'') *: Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, [..]
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