Nonsense.
[Possibly alteration of Medieval Latin balductum, posset.]
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Nonsense.
[Possibly alteration of Medieval Latin balductum, posset.]
noun
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
trivial nonsense
Synonyms: fiddle-faddle, piffle
Balderdash is a board game of bluffing and trivia by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne.
The game begins by all players rolling a die, the high roll chosen to be the first "dasher". The dasher draws a "definition card" from the supplied box, and rolls the die to decide which of the five words listed there shall be used (if a six is rolled, the dasher may choose for him- or herself which word to use). Then the dasher writes the definition (as supplied on the card) on a piece of paper. All other players then write down a definition, which may be an honest attempt to supply the correct definition, or, if they do not know or for tactical reasons decide not to, a fictitious definition for the word designed to sound convincing.
The players hand their definitions to the dasher, who checks if any of their definitions are the same as the real definition. If there are any, the player(s) submitting the correct definition is/are immediately awarded three points, and if there is more than one the round is abandoned (though the points are retained). The definitions, including the real definition, are then read out in random order. Players record which answer they believe is correct.
Players are awarded two points if they guess the correct definition. Players are awarded one point for each other player who incorrectly chooses the fake definition they wrote. The dasher is awarded three points if no one guesses the correct definition.
For each point awarded, players move their tokens around the game board one square. The role of dasher then passes to another player. The winner is the individual whose token reaches the end square first.
Newer versions of the game use categories, such as Paradisian Parody, Peculiar People, Marvelous Movies, Laughable Laws, Incredible Initials, and Weird Words, to narrow the focus of the definitions.
An informal variation of the game consists of the players exclusively submitting hilarious and outrageous definitions. No points are awarded, and the winner is determined by who garnered the most laughs throughout the course of the game.
Balderdash is based on Fictionary, which is essentially the Weird Words category of Balderdash. However, obscure words are found in an unabridged dictionary instead of the definitions and meanings provided on cards. There are then read out to the unsuspecting individual
The game is a popular drinking game.[citation needed]
A television game show based on the game aired on PAX (later i) with comedian Elayne Boosler as host.
The game has been criticized for containing words that do not exist outside the game and seem therefore to have been fabricated, along with a phony "real" definition, by the game's manufacturers.[citation needed] An example is "curupura", which according to Balderdash is "a mystical bald one-eyed dwarf always seen riding a pig," but which appears neither in the Oxford English Dictionary nor in the Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vrøvl, vås
Français (French)
n. - bêtises, balivernes
Deutsch (German)
n. - dummes Zeug, Wordsalat
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουταμάρες, φούμαρα
Italiano (Italian)
sciocchezze
Português (Portuguese)
n. - lengalenga (f), palavrório (m)
Русский (Russian)
чушь собачья
Español (Spanish)
n. - disparate, tontería
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gallimatias, smörja
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
胡言乱语, 梦呓
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 胡言亂語, 夢囈
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) هرا, كلام فارغ
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שטויות, חנטריש
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