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Nonsense dressed up in syllables long enough to sound respectable.
means Senseless, foolish, or empty talk; pretentious rubbish stated with unearned confidence.
from Once meant a frothy, jumbled mix of drinks like beer and milk; the drink curdled, the meaning soured, and by the 1600s any incoherent slop of words became balderdash.
Original senseA nauseating mixture of mismatched liquors.
Board gameA 1984 bluffing game named for it.
CousinsTwin of poppycock, claptrap, and flapdoodle.