codswallop
noun
cods·wal·lop
ˈkȯdz-ˌwä-ləp 
ˈkädz-
British, informal
: words or ideas that are foolish or untrue : nonsense
The notion that Scott was waylaid by bad luck is "a lot of codswallop," said Roland Huntford, a British historian.—
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J. K. Rowling… I muttered, "Yes, that's right," knowing all the while that it was a load of codswallop.—Steven Pinker
Steven PinkerExamples of codswallop in a Sentence
That is a load of codswallop.
a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brain and a stomach would dismiss as codswallop
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Great story, total codswallop, says Skaife, who has pored through the archives and found zip.
—William Booth, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
And don’t forget codswallop, a word that sounds Shakespearean but was coined in 1959.
—Stephen Miller, WSJ, 29 May 2018
Mnuchin tried to double-talk this codswallop past SPW.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 May 2017
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William Booth, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
And don’t forget codswallop, a word that sounds Shakespearean but was coined in 1959.
—Stephen Miller, WSJ, 29 May 2018
Mnuchin tried to double-talk this codswallop past SPW.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 May 2017
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“Codswallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/codswallop. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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