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Have you ever used the word "balderdash"?

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Posted - January 13, 2017

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  • Absolutely! It's not part of my everyday vocab but I've used it from time to time. It's classier than codswallop and less confronting than bullshit.
      January 13, 2017 7:32 AM MST
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  • I'm more of a codwalloper, but I appreciate the nuance )
      January 13, 2017 12:08 PM MST
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  • We all find our own niche, Lucia. 
      January 13, 2017 12:18 PM MST
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  • 44175
    I've whopped my cod numerous times.
      January 15, 2017 12:05 PM MST
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  • codwhoppering can cause confusion, and probably a rash.
      January 15, 2017 12:21 PM MST
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  • Yes, but with a capital B, referring to the game, only.
      January 13, 2017 8:23 AM MST
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  • 52905
    No, course not!  I don't go for that type of falderall, and I take umbrage that you would have have the bold-faced audacity and gall to impinge upon me thusly. Harumpf!
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      January 13, 2017 8:23 AM MST
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  • 9778
    folderol (Please learn to spell).
      January 13, 2017 12:06 PM MST
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  • Psst! Better tell him that there are two 'r's in harrumph. Now that's a word I DO use a lot. :) 
      January 13, 2017 12:20 PM MST
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  • 52905
    It depends upon which language it's written in. 
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      January 13, 2017 12:39 PM MST
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  • 52905
    (You mean it's actually a real word?  Wow, I didn't know that, thanks.)
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      January 13, 2017 12:39 PM MST
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  • 44175
    It is...it means poppycock.
      January 15, 2017 12:06 PM MST
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  • 22891
    not yet, i dont even know what it means
      January 13, 2017 11:58 AM MST
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  • 44175
    It's an verbal exclamation of "Nonsense"
      January 22, 2017 10:35 AM MST
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  • 9778
    I have not. My word of choice is 'hooey'.
      January 13, 2017 12:06 PM MST
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  • 1523
    Not that I remember.
      January 13, 2017 12:42 PM MST
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