noun
- Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
- synonyms: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
- Communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive.
- synonyms: snake oil
- Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.
- synonyms: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on
verb
- Trick or deceive. .
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