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poppycock
 
SYLLABICATION:pop·py·cock
PRONUNCIATION:  pp-kk
NOUN: Senseless talk; nonsense.
ETYMOLOGY:Dutch dialectal pappekak : pap, pap (from Middle Dutch pappe, perhaps from Latin pappa, food) + kak, dung (from kakken, to defecate, from Middle Dutch kacken, from Latin cacre; see kakka- in Appendix I).
 
 
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