BILGEWATER

baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bilgewater (usually uncountable, plural bilgewaters)

(nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.

(slang) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

Synonyms

• (nonsense): tosh; gibberish; gobbledegook

Source: Wiktionary



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