Moonshine
Moonshine noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.
Usage example: a book about the so-called good old days that's sentimental moonshine
Poppycock is a synonym for moonshine. In some cases you can use "Poppycock" instead a noun "Moonshine".
Nearby Word: moonshiner
Poppycock
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
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trash and moonshine
- trash and poppycock
- bunk and moonshine
- bunk and poppycock
- humbug and moonshine
- humbug and poppycock
- rubbish and moonshine
- rubbish and poppycock
- nonsense and moonshine
- nonsense and poppycock
- garbage and moonshine
- garbage and poppycock
- balderdash and moonshine
- balderdash and poppycock
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