bosh
n.n. nonsense or lies. You use this word when you think someone is talking rubbish or telling a story that is not true.
n. nonsense, nonsense, or lies. Informal in register; typically used to dismiss a claim or story as false or meaningless.
Don't listen to that bosh; he is just trying to trick you.
The politician's claims about the economy were pure bosh, as the actual data showed a clear decline.
While the conspiracy theory gained traction online, most experts dismissed the entire narrative as bosh, citing a lack of credible evidence and logical inconsistencies.
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş, “empty, unoccupied”). Entered popular usage in English from the novels of James Justinian Morier.
Probably from German, compare Böschung, böschen
Compare German Posse (“farce, burlesque”), Italian bozzo (“a rough stone”), bozzetto (“a rough sketch”).
An onomatopoeic formation, imitating a sudden blow.
Of Romani usage.