What does codswallop mean in the UK?

nonsense
regard all this as codswallop. The word, meaning ”nonsense,” is British English: as a slang synonym for rubbish, bosh, humbug, hogwash, tommyrot, tripe and drivel, the newer codswallop was observed in The Radio Times in 1963.

Is codswallop a slang term?

One of the words in the appeal (and later in the series) was codswallop, which had made its first appearance in the OED in the supplementary volume published in 1972, in which it was recorded as a slang word meaning ‘nonsense, drivel’.

Why do we say codswallop?

A frequently given etymology, although widely rejected as a folk etymology, derives it from Hiram Codd, British soft drink maker of the 1870s, known for the eponymous Codd-neck bottle, with the suggestion that codswallop is a derisive term for soft drinks by beer drinkers, from Codd’s + wallop (“beer (slang)”) “Codd’s …

How do you use codswallop in a sentence?

1, What a load of codswallop! 2, This is a load of codswallop. 3, I’ve never heard such a load of old codswallop in my life. 4, I think that’s a right load of old codswallop, and Tom agrees with me.

What part of speech is codswallop?

noun
CODSWALLOP (noun) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary.

When was the word Codswallop first used?

First attested in 1959, codswallop appears to be a relatively young term, perhaps originating from from wallop (beer), and cod in one of its various senses, perhaps “testicles.” (As in a codpiece.) A 1966 citation in the Oxford English Dictionary spells it cod’s wallop.

What is another word for codswallop?

In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for codswallop, like: rubbish, hogwash, folderol, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, horseshit and poppycock.

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