Folly and Poppycock

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Folly noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.

Usage example: enough of this folly about moving to the Australian outback

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Poppycock and folly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poppycock" instead a noun "Folly".

Poppycock noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.

Usage example: starting with the cherry tree, much of what was written by Washington's early biographers was pure poppycock

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Folly and poppycock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Folly" instead a noun "Poppycock".

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