poppycock

noun

pop·​py·​cock ˈpä-pē-ˌkäk How to pronounce poppycock (audio)
: empty talk or writing : nonsense

Examples of poppycock in a Sentence

That's a lot of poppycock! starting with the cherry tree, much of what was written by Washington's early biographers was pure poppycock
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Buckingham Palace simply couldn’t abide someone in its circle saying poppycock. Vulture, 29 Aug. 2023 This is, as Raymond Reddington might say, utter poppycock. Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2023 That's all a bunch of poppycock. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022 McVay was tired of the poppycock. Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2021 The notion that price is a construct is poppycock. Roger Valdez, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021 Taylor had said in the weeks leading up to his exit that Utah was the place for him and that Whittingham was the mentor for him, all of which was poppycock. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022 Skeptics pounced on the proclamation as pure poppycock—and for understandable reasons. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 13 May 2022 Others dismiss the idea of such a romance as poppycock. Colleen A. Sheehan, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Dutch dialect pappekak, literally, soft dung, from Dutch pap pap + kak dung

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of poppycock was in 1852

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Cite this Entry

“Poppycock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poppycock. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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