- a load of codswallop
- Meaning
Nonsense.OriginCodswallop was an old English type of lemonade sold by a Mr. Codd in a traditional beer bottle and thus disdained by beer drinkers. Wallop is a slang term for beer.
Meaning and origin of phrases. 2013.
a load of codswallop
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codswallop — cods|wal|lop [ˈkɔdzˌwɔləp US ˈka:dzˌwa: ] n [U] BrE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from cods testicles (from Old English codd bag ) + WALLOP] nonsense ▪ What a load of codswallop! … Dictionary of contemporary English
Codswallop — Another one I heard a lot as a kid usually when I was making up excuses for how the window got broken or why my dinner was found behind the sofa. My Dad would tell me I was talking a load of codswallop. American kids might be talking baloney… … The American's guide to speaking British
codswallop — noun (U) BrE spoken a load of codswallop something that someone says which you think is stupid or untrue … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
codswallop — [[t]kɒ̱dzwɒləp[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense. [BRIT, INFORMAL] It s a load of old codswallop. I never did anything. Syn: cobblers … English dictionary
codswallop — cods n British nonsense, worthless rubbish. A dismiss ive term, typically applied to something purporting to be true. There is more than one theory as to the origin of the word; the most fanciful is that it referred to the wallop (gassy drink)… … Contemporary slang
Load of old codswallop — rubbish or nonsense (first recorded in the 1960s in British English; origin unknown) … Dictionary of Australian slang
load of old codswallop — Australian Slang rubbish or nonsense (first recorded in the 1960s in British English; origin unknown) … English dialects glossary
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cods·wal·lop — /ˈkɑːdzˌwɑːləp/ noun [noncount] Brit informal : ↑nonsense That is a load of codswallop … Useful english dictionary
