tosh

noun

ˈtäsh 

: sheer nonsense : bosh

Synonyms

• applesauce [slang]
• balderdash
• baloney
• boloney
• beans
• bilge
• blah
• blah-blah
• blarney
• blather
• blatherskite
• blither
• bosh
• bull [slang]
• bunk
• bunkum
• buncombe
• claptrap
• codswallop [British]
• crapola [slang]
• crock
• drivel
• drool
• fiddle
• fiddle-faddle
• fiddlesticks
• flannel [British]
• flapdoodle
• folderol
• falderal
• folly
• foolishness
• fudge
• garbage
• guff
• hogwash
• hokeypokey
• hokum
• hoodoo
• hooey
• horsefeathers [slang]
• humbug
• humbuggery
• jazz
• malarkey
• malarky
• moonshine
• muck
• nerts [slang]
• nonsense
• nuts
• piffle
• poppycock
• punk
• rot
• rubbish
• senselessness
• silliness
• slush
• stupidity
• taradiddle
• tarradiddle
• tommyrot
• trash
• trumpery
• twaddle

Examples of tosh in a Sentence

What a lot of tosh.

people who believe such tosh have the analytical skills of a toddler

Recent Examples on the Web

Somewhere around the two-thirds mark, escalating levels of pure tosh begin to perversely work in the movie’s favor. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024

For Virgin Orbit, its first launch attempt from the UK was a load of tosh. —Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2023

This is a rare misstep for Robert Krulwich: a piece about a theory that, while seductive, is a load of tosh. —Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2012

The fact that all those involved in discussing this question have heads full of tosh and piffle does not make for productive debates. —Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1528, in the meaning defined above