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Definition of 'poppycock'

Word Frequency

poppycock in American

(ˈpɑpiˌkɑk ; päpˈēkäkˌ)
US
noun
Informal
foolish talk; nonsense
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'poppycock'
Du pappekak, lit., soft dung
Word Frequency

poppycock in British

(ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk )
noun
informal
senseless chatter; nonsense
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Word origin of 'poppycock'
C19: from Dutch dialect pappekak, literally: soft excrement, from pap soft + kak dung; see pap1

Trends of 'poppycock'

Used Rarely. poppycock is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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