单词 | bushwa |
释义 | bushwa in British English (ˈbʊʃwɑː) noun US slang nonsense nonsense in British English (ˈnɒnsəns) noun 1. something that has or makes no sense; unintelligible language; drivel 2. conduct or action that is absurd 3. foolish or evasive behaviour or manners she'll stand no nonsense 4. no-nonsense 5. things of little or no value or importance; trash exclamation 6. an exclamation of disagreement bushwa in American English (ˈbʊʃwɑ; ˈbʊʒwɑ) US noun Slang nonsense Word origin prob. altered < bullshitbushwa in American English (ˈbuʃwɑː, -wɔ) noun slang rubbishy nonsense; baloney; bull You'll hear a lot of boring bushwa about his mechanical skill Also: bushwah Word origin [1915–20; perh. repr. bourgeois1, from its use in political rhetoric, the actual sense being lost; taken as euphemismfor bullshit]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: GI, camouflage, costar, decoder, neorealism |
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