APPLESAUCE

folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop

(noun) nonsensical talk or writing

applesauce, apple sauce

(noun) puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

applesauce (uncountable)

(US) Alternative spelling of apple sauce.

(slang, US, dated, 1920s) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.

Synonyms

• (nonsense): codswallop, hooey, malarkey; see also nonsense

Interjection

applesauce!

(slang, US, dated) Nonsense!

Synonyms

• fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also bullshit

Source: Wiktionary



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3 July 2024

DITHER

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”


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