bosh

n.
Nonsense.

interj.
Used to express disbelief or annoyance.

[Turkish boş, empty.]

(bosh)
noun, interjection
Nonsense.

Etymology
From Turkish bos (empty). The term was popularized in English by its use in the novels of James J. Morier (1780-1849)

noun
The lower sloping part of a blast furnace, between hearth and stack.
[Apparently from German.]

Usage
"'I was a flop in movies,' Mary Martin once told me. Bosh! She was rewriting history. Martin made a dozen Hollywood musicals, all successful, before decamping to Broadway fame." — Jim Bawden; Very Special; Toronto Star (Canada); Sep 25, 1993.

"The Advertising Standards Authority say it's OK to call Germans 'Krauts'. The Mirror disagrees and will not be using this obviously offensive term to describe our German friends." — Talking Bosh; The Mirror (London, UK); Oct 24, 2001.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: pretentious or silly talk or writing
  Synonyms: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vrøvl, sludder
int. - sludder og vrøvl!, nonsens!

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzin

Français (French)
n. - blagues, bêtises, foutaises (fam)
int. - balivernes (excl)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Blödsinn
int. - Quatsch, Blödsinn

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανοησίες, σαχλαμάρες

Italiano (Italian)
chiacchiere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bobagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
чушь, чепуха

Español (Spanish)
n. - tonterías, bobadas, disparates, charla sin sentido, necedad
int. - pucha!

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - struntprat, trams

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
胡说, 空话

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 胡說, 空話
int. - 胡說

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허튼소리
int. - 허튼소리 말아

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - たわごと, 朝顔, 熱した金属の冷却槽
int. - ばかな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هراء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטויות‬
int. - ‮שטויות‬

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