| 词汇 | balderdash |
| 词源 | balderdash. Nonsense, a senseless jumble of words or ideas. Balderdash is still another word for which no one knows the origin. First recorded in the late 16th century, it meant a light frothy liquid, then came to mean incongruous liquids, such as beer and milk mixed together, and finally took its modern meaning. The Danish balder, “noise, clatter,” has been suggested as its parent, but this derivation is doubtful at best. |
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