Bosh

Word of the Day for Saturday, June 2, 2012

bosh \bosh\, noun:

Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.

You know perfectly well — and it is all bosh, too. Come, now, how do they proceed?
-- Mark Twain, The Gilded Age

Bosh, bosh, bosh! Why is it right for him to follow his nature ? Because it is right. Why is it wrong for me to follow my nature? Because it is wrong. That's the whole of your argument…
-- George Dyre Eldridge, In the Potter's House

Bosh stems from the Turkish word bos meaning "empty". It was popularised in English by the British writer James J. Morier.

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