poppycock
noun
pop·py·cock ˈpä-pē-ˌkäk 
: empty talk or writing : nonsense
Synonyms
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blah
- blah-blah
- blarney
- blather
- blatherskite
- blither
- bosh
- bull [slang]
- bunk
- bunkum
- buncombe
- claptrap
- codswallop [British]
- crapola [slang]
- crock
- drivel
- drool
- fiddle
- fiddle-faddle
- fiddlesticks
- flannel [British]
- flapdoodle
- folderol
- falderal
- folly
- foolishness
- fudge
- garbage
- guff
- hogwash
- hokeypokey
- hokum
- hoodoo
- hooey
- horsefeathers [slang]
- humbug
- humbuggery
- jazz
- malarkey
- malarky
- moonshine
- muck
- nerts [slang]
- nonsense
- nuts
- piffle
- punk
- rot
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- slush
- stupidity
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- trash
- trumpery
- twaddle
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
That's a lot of poppycock! starting with the cherry tree, much of what was written by Washington's early biographers was pure poppycock
Recent Examples on the Web Skeptics pounced on the proclamation as pure poppycock—and for understandable reasons. 
Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 13 May 2022 Others dismiss the idea of such a romance as poppycock. Colleen A. Sheehan, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021 But simply passing off early losses as games that are not as important as later in the season is pure poppycock. Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2021 None of the poppycock from Texas politicians is of any help to the scores of Texans who spent long hours and days freezing in their homes. Star Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021 Even if that proves to be poppycock, Republicans must use one hand to keep Trump voters engaged in politics and the other hand to block Trump from remaining in control of the GOP. Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2021 Nor is such dangerous poppycock confined to western Europe. The Economist, 12 Dec. 2020 Despite all the poppycock, the animosity, the headlines, the impeachment without a trial. NBC News, 24 Dec. 2019 But the legend lives on, and that’s not just plain poppycock. Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019 See More
Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 13 May 2022 Others dismiss the idea of such a romance as poppycock. Colleen A. Sheehan, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021 But simply passing off early losses as games that are not as important as later in the season is pure poppycock. Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2021 None of the poppycock from Texas politicians is of any help to the scores of Texans who spent long hours and days freezing in their homes. Star Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021 Even if that proves to be poppycock, Republicans must use one hand to keep Trump voters engaged in politics and the other hand to block Trump from remaining in control of the GOP. Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2021 Nor is such dangerous poppycock confined to western Europe. The Economist, 12 Dec. 2020 Despite all the poppycock, the animosity, the headlines, the impeachment without a trial. NBC News, 24 Dec. 2019 But the legend lives on, and that’s not just plain poppycock. Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Dutch dialect pappekak, literally, soft dung, from Dutch pap pap + kak dung
First Known Use
1852, in the meaning defined above
poppycock
noun
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense starting with the cherry tree, much of what was written by Washington's early biographers was pure poppycock Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- nonsense
- nuts
- rubbish
- garbage
- blah
- silliness
- drool
- stupidity
- hooey
- hogwash
- bunkum
- balderdash
- hokum
- twaddle
- claptrap
- piffle
- baloney
- bunk
- tosh
- guff
- malarkey
- muck
- foolishness
- codswallop
- jazz
- beans
- tommyrot
- flapdoodle
- trash
- craziness
- trumpery
- insanity
- fiddlesticks
- crock
- blither
- humbuggery
- folderol
- falderal
- bull
- rot
- blatherskite
- fudge
- blather
- malarky
- drivel
- bosh
- bilge
- madness
- blarney
- crapola
- blah-blah
- boloney
- punk
- buncombe
- horsefeathers
- humbug
- absurdity
- fiddle
- folly
- tarradiddle
- applesauce
- fiddle-faddle
- hoodoo
- taradiddle
- idiocy
- nerts
- moonshine
- senselessness
- flannel
- hokeypokey
- absurdness
- greek
- slush
- tomfoolery
- inanity
- lunacy
- foolery
- asininity
- imbecility
- kookiness
- fatuity
- rigmarole
- gas
- witlessness
- inaneness
- monkey business
- shenanigan(s)
- hot air
- hoity-toity
- hocus-pocus
- monkeyshine(s)
- rigamarole
- double-talk
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reasonableness
- sensibleness
- rationality
- reasonability
- sense
- wisdom
- horse sense
- levelheadedness
- discernment
- judgement
- judgment
- common sense