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“balderdash”
1. Trivial nonsense; senseless or pointless talk or writing: Some people laugh at such balderdash that comes from certain politicians and some talk-show hosts.
2. Etymology: an English 17th-century term for a senseless mixing of beverages; such as, milk and ale; or originally a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), transferred in 1674 to "senseless jumble of words".
2. Etymology: an English 17th-century term for a senseless mixing of beverages; such as, milk and ale; or originally a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), transferred in 1674 to "senseless jumble of words".
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balderdash
A rapidly receding hairline.
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