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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tommyrot

1884, from tommy in sense of "a simpleton" (1829), diminutive of Tom (as in tomfool) + rot (n.).

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tommyrot

alt. nonsense, rot. n. nonsense, rot.

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tommyrot

n. pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tosh, twaddle]

Usage examples of "tommyrot".

As the President listened to this tommyrot, Feeley and I made frantic hand gestures.

He therefore had no science, that is, no knowledge--outside his profession--but only what is called learning, though tommyrot would be a fitter name for it.

He drew the line at what he defined as social tommyrot, and he drew it more and more sharply.