Hogwash
Hogwash noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.
Usage example: the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books
Tommyrot
Tommyrot noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.
Usage example: no genuinely intelligent and educated person would believe such tommyrot
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