# Flummery, etc. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844 "2009-01-04T20:16:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/1 "2009-01-04T20:16:14Z")
I’m compiling a list of words meaning “incomprehensible”, or “incoherent” or “nonsense.” The definition I’m using is pretty loose, but I’m thinking of words like “balderdash” and “poppycock”. I’ve got 21 so far. Please help. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/2 "2009-01-04T20:18:01Z")
Are you going to let us know the 21 you already have, so that we don’t post duplicates? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/3 "2009-01-04T20:20:25Z")
Actually, no. I’m curious to see how many of them dopers come up with. It would be nice if everyone offered only one or two. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/4 "2009-01-04T20:32:05Z")
Horsefeathers. Codswallop. Bullpuckey. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/5 "2009-01-04T20:37:25Z")
Piffle Jibberish Claptrap Wibble Flim-flam Hogwash Mumbo-jumbo Gobbledygook Not sure if this one qualifies: Tomfoolery ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/6 "2009-01-04T20:38:26Z")
Codswallop! Fucking beautiful. This could be fun. Tomfoolery, not so much. Please keep words down so we can get more people in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/7 "2009-01-04T20:39:07Z")
Cockamamie Folderol ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/8 "2009-01-04T20:43:56Z")
Bollocks. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/9 "2009-01-04T21:00:09Z")
A few more that don’t seem to have come up yet: Hooey Jibba-jabba Baloney Rubbish Silliness ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/10 "2009-01-04T21:04:26Z")
hokum twaddle ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/11 "2009-01-04T21:46:49Z")
Flapdoodle. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/12 "2009-01-04T23:45:26Z")
Malarkey. Balderdash. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/13 "2009-01-05T00:16:31Z")
Bumf. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/14 "2009-01-05T00:26:03Z")
No one’s said bullshit yet? I call bullshit! GIGO ---
**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/15 "2009-01-05T00:34:09Z")
Fiddlesticks ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/16 "2009-01-05T00:38:18Z")
We always said razzle-dazzle when I was growing up, but I’m not sure if one of my friends invented that usage or not. I’ve never heard anyone else say it, but people know what I mean when I say it. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/17 "2009-01-05T00:50:31Z")
Bunkum. Horseshit. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/18 "2009-01-05T01:24:48Z")
Tripe. Tripe is my favorite because its flexible as fuck if you want it to be. 🙂 Well that’s tripe. I declare tripe. Manishevitz, that’s some tripe. You’re espousing tripe, again. This isn’t a stable, clean up your tripe. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/19 "2009-01-05T01:28:12Z")
Very nice so far. I honestly didn’t expect to see a few on my list. “Twaddle”, for example. And I didn’t expect for “bullshit” to be so late in coming. On the other hand, how did I ever leave “malarkey” off? And while I had “horse hockey”, why did I never come up with “horseshit?” As an aside, did you ever wonder why there are so many such slang words? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flummery-etc/479844/20 "2009-01-05T01:31:15Z")
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