ETYM Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan. balder noise, clatter, and Eng. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.
Trivial nonsense; SYN. fiddle-faddle, piffle.

Pretentious or silly talk or writing; SYN. boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle.

ETYM A different orthography of bulge, of same origin as belly. Related to Belly, Bulge.
1. Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship; SYN. bilge water.
2. Where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom.
Lower point of inner hull of a ship.
Lowermost part of interior of ship; widest part of barrel.

Also blah-blah; silly or pretentious chatter or nonsense

ETYM Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Related to Bunch.
1. A long trough for feeding cattle; SYN. feed bunk.
2. A rough bed (as at a campsite).

Bunkum, balderdash

ETYM Old Eng. also garbash, perh. orig., that which is purged or cleansed away.
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen); SYN. refuse, food waste, scraps.

1. Swill, slop
2. Nonsense, balderdash

Meaningless speech or writing.

Insincere or foolish talk; bunkum

ETYM Pref. non- + sense: cf. French nonsens.
A message that seems to convey no meaning; SYN. nonsensicality, meaninglessness.

Empty talk or writing; nonsense

ETYM Latin pulpa flesh, pith, pulp of fruit: cf. French pulpe.
1. A soft moist part of a fruit; SYN. flesh.
2. A mixture of cellulose fibers.
3. An inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper; SYN. pulp magazine.
4. Any soft or soggy mass.
5. The soft inner part of a tooth.

(Homonym: wrought).
1. The process of rotting.
2. Decay.
3. Nonsense.

ETYM Old Eng. robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe.
Worthless material that is discarded; SYN. trash.

ETYM Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Swed. trasa a rag, tatter.
Worthless people; SYN. scum.