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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The Etymology Of Poppycock And Its Intersection With Cacophony

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poppycock

PRONUNCIATION:
(POP-ee-kok) 

MEANING:
noun: Nonsense.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Dutch dialect pappekak (soft dung) or poppekak (doll’s excrement). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kakka-/kaka- (to defecate) which also gave us cacophony,cacography, and cucking stool. Earliest documented use: 1852.







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