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as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
her book, in which she details the things that are purportedly wrong with the country, is crapola of the first magnitude
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Recent Examples of crapola
That is complete crapola.
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Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 July 2021
What’s followed is an ongoing and endless stream of superhero crapola, with explosions subbing for intelligent characters and dialog.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019
Predictably before Lewis’ presser, got a run of emails and social crapola suggesting the media was complicit in the Bengals eternal quest to be average.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 4 Jan. 2018
Well, what came next was a firestorm of typical (a)social media crapola.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2017
The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 May 2017
Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 July 2021
What’s followed is an ongoing and endless stream of superhero crapola, with explosions subbing for intelligent characters and dialog.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019
Predictably before Lewis’ presser, got a run of emails and social crapola suggesting the media was complicit in the Bengals eternal quest to be average.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 4 Jan. 2018
Well, what came next was a firestorm of typical (a)social media crapola.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2017
The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crapola
Noun
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Writing nonsense just to make word / article quotas.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Baltimore Sun owes Baltimore Ravens placekicker Justin Tucker a headline apology and let this nonsense go.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Implement Organizing Products Since most junk drawer items are small, organizers help keep categories in place.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2025
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Between the lines: Ticketmaster and other ticket sellers have often found themselves in hot water for inflated pricing, botched ticket releases and junk fees.—
Paige Hopkins,
Axios,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Crews wearing hazmat suits shoveled mounds of ash into plastic garbage bags.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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This inspection was on Friday, Feb. 7 —that’s 22 days after the meat should have met the garbage.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Photo by Mario Savoia/Shutterstock Tulips are as Dutch as Gouda cheese and wooden shoes.—
Chris Schalkx,
AFAR Media,
14 Feb. 2025
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The best Caesar dressing gets textural interest from cracks of peppercorn and nubs of Parmesan cheese.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appétit,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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View 6 Images Unlike cats, our vision is pretty rubbish in very low light conditions.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2025
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On the evening of January 14, a woman was arrested after allegedly setting multiple piles of rubbish and trash on fire, Jim McDonnell, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said at a news conference last week.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Dec. 2024
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Lighting Lighting is the jewelry of any room, so take down those blah builder grade fixtures and replace them with something magical.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2024
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For me that’s always been identity, men, technology, and my own stupidity.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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Betting against Mahomes in a big game fits in nicely with all the stupidity going around.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Crapola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapola. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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