Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Let's talk rubbish!

As I have previously mentioned, these days, no-one seems to talk 'rubbish'. No, these days it's BS ('bulls***').

What a repulsive image. And how boring, seeing as how so many people seem to use that word. (Well, they do in the audiobooks I listen to on YouTube.)

We need to revive other words for 'rubbish'. 

Here's a list. Pick some, scatter them throughout your speech and make disapproval of other people's opinions more colourful.

- balderdash
- twaddle
- poppycock
- hogwash
- piffle
- claptrap
- nonsense
- baloney (it's not just a sausage)
- moonshine
- hooey
- eyewash
- dribble
- rot
- cobblers
- drivel
- bilge
- guff
- tommyrot
- tosh
- codswallop
- bunk
- horsefeathers
- humbug
- bosh...

Come on, now. You have to admit that they're a lot better than the sadly ubiquitous BS.

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1 comment:

  1. Ginge in GermanyMarch 6, 2021 at 3:25 AM

    How about "flim-flam," beloved expression of Ian Duncan-Smith?

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