noun
poppycock
PO-pee-kok
noun
1
Nonsense; ridiculous or foolish talk.
""That's absolute poppycock," he scoffed at the conspiracy theory."
How to Use Poppycock
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned, mild way of calling something nonsense.
When to use it
Dated and a little theatrical — used for comic or emphatic effect rather than everyday speech.
Common pairings
sheer poppycock
that's poppycock
Word Forms
poppycocks plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, literally "soft dung" — from pappe ("soft food") and kak ("excrement").