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balderdash
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan. balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.]
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A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash.
--Taylor (Drink and Welcome). Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, v. t. To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and
even
mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime.
--Smollett.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 senseless talk or writing; nonsense. 2 (context archaic English) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. vb. (context archaic English) To mix or adulterate.
WordNet
n. trivial nonsense [syn: fiddle-faddle, piffle]
Wikipedia
Balderdash is a board game of bluffing and trivia created by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne, of Toronto, Ontario Canada. The game was first released in 1984, under Canada Games. It was later picked up by a U.S company, The Games Gang, and eventually became the property of Hasbro, and finally Mattel. The game is based on a classic parlor game called Fictionary. The game has sold over 15 million copies worldwide to date. It is aimed at fans of word games, such as Scrabble.
Balderdash is an American television panel game show that aired on PAX TV from August 2, 2004 to October 8, 2004 with repeats airing until April 22. It was hosted by Elayne Boosler and announced by John Moschitta. The game was based on the board game of the same name.
Balderdash is senseless talk or writing; nonsense, bunk, piffle, poppycock or twaddle (origin: pre-1750).
Balderdash may also refer to:
- Balderdash, a board game which uses nonsense terms
- Balderdash (game show), a television show based on the game
- "Balderdash", a 2007 single by Ipso Facto (band)
- Balderdash, nickname of Adam Balding, an English rugby union footballer
- Balderdash, a realtime web and design studio based in Austin, TX
Usage examples of "balderdash".
Mr Bloom was rather inclined to poohpooh the suggestion as egregious balderdash for, pending that consummation devoutly to be or not to be wished for, he was fully cognisant of the fact that their neighbours across the channel, unless they were much bigger fools than he took them for, rather concealed their strength than the opposite.
His focus had been entirely on the captain's argument with the officious clerk, and he'd dismissed the statement as just another of the captain's Niagara Falls of balderdash and bunkum.