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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
And some are just basic crapola in, through, and out.
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Louis Mosca,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
All the crapola Riley Moss gets now, Bolles took for months.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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.
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Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
27 June 2019
The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
18 May 2017
Louis Mosca,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
All the crapola Riley Moss gets now, Bolles took for months.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
That is complete crapola.
—
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
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
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Even Hauser can’t rescue this culturally insensitive, stereotype-perpetuating nonsense.
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Some beer companies even make canned versions of the drink, but forget that nonsense — there is nothing better than a fresh, handmade michelada.
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How to handle political texts safely If the texts continue, block the sender and report the message as junk.
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Get creative There are no rules to junk journaling.
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Since construction at the Eagle Rock site — so nicknamed after a decrepit colonnade — first stalled in 2008, the only thing that accumulated faster than the garbage and graffiti were the epithets from outraged community members.
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Relying Too Much On Garbage Disposals Though the name may be deceiving, garbage disposals aren’t actually designed to dispose of all garbage.
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Or a cartoony hamburger that is doing a little too much — the cheese drip a little too textured, the shine on the bun a little uncanny.
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Try Menorcan specialities like sobrasada – squidgy sausage – and at least three cheeses, plus the Catalan classic of grated tomato on bread with olive oil.
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That shooting makes up for what is a fairly blah resume otherwise.
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Best Fashion Deals If your summer wardrobe is feeling a little blah, Amazon’s Outlet fashion deals are the perfect place for a refresh.
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So where does the rubbish come from?
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With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets.
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Her lab has found even modest additions to the diet — a handful of nuts or an avocado — can enrich certain beneficial bacteria over the course of a few weeks.
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Including foods like avocado, olive oil, nuts, or seeds can make your meal more satisfying and may also stimulate digestion.
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Which again, highlights the stupidity of allowing these exceptions in the first place.
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Final negotiations on ‘Peace’ are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.
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“Crapola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crapola. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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