What does poppycock mean?
Poppycock means (colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense..
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/ˈpɒpikɒk/ · noun
(colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense..
That rumor is nothing but sheer poppycock.
He dismissed the conspiracy theory as poppycock.
Don’t talk such poppycock—you know it’s not true.
Use poppycock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Poppycock means (colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense..
Common synonyms include balderdash, stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
That rumor is nothing but sheer poppycock.
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