tosh (tɒʃ
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Definitions
noun
- slang mainly British nonsense; rubbish
Word Origin
C19: of unknown originUsage examples
Charming people, many of them, and they talk no more tosh than most other sorts of writer.
, Death in Purple Prose (1987)There is, however, no excuse for the unadulterated tosh spouted by the football authorities about drugs.
Spiked (2003)Indeed, there would be no contest between representative hurling and Gaelic football matches and much of that tosh.
Irish Times (2002)I worry when I hear the tosh about people like Rae knowing what real Rangers tradition is about.
Sun, News of the World (2004)Numbers are real, in other words -- or so the thinking goes; anything that can't be measured is romantic tosh.
, AUTHENTICITY: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life (2003)