crapola
noun
crap·o·la ˌkrap-ˈō-lə 
slang
: nonsense, rubbish
also : stuff sense 4b
Synonyms
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blah
- blah-blah
- blarney
- blather
- blatherskite
- blither
- bosh
- bull [slang]
- bunk
- bunkum
- buncombe
- claptrap
- codswallop [British]
- crock
- drivel
- drool
- fiddle
- fiddle-faddle
- fiddlesticks
- flannel [British]
- flapdoodle
- folderol
- falderal
- folly
- foolishness
- fudge
- garbage
- guff
- hogwash
- hokeypokey
- hokum
- hoodoo
- hooey
- horsefeathers [slang]
- humbug
- humbuggery
- jazz
- malarkey
- malarky
- moonshine
- muck
- nerts [slang]
- nonsense
- nuts
- piffle
- poppycock
- punk
- rot
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- slush
- stupidity
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- trash
- trumpery
- twaddle
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
The furniture in the garage is crapola. Everything he says is just a bunch of crapola.
Recent Examples on the Web What’s followed is an ongoing and endless stream of superhero crapola, with explosions subbing for intelligent characters and dialog. 
Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019 Predictably before Lewis’ presser, got a run of emails and social crapola suggesting the media was complicit in the Bengals eternal quest to be average. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 4 Jan. 2018 Well, what came next was a firestorm of typical (a)social media crapola. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2017 The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 May 2017
Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019 Predictably before Lewis’ presser, got a run of emails and social crapola suggesting the media was complicit in the Bengals eternal quest to be average. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 4 Jan. 2018 Well, what came next was a firestorm of typical (a)social media crapola. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 Oct. 2017 The president of Colombia was standing next to him as the ignorance and the crapola began to fly. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 18 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
crap entry 2 + -ola, suffix forming jocular variants of words
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above
crapola
noun
1
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense her book, in which she details the things that are purportedly wrong with the country, is crapola of the first magnitude Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- nonsense
- garbage
- blah
- rubbish
- nuts
- silliness
- stupidity
- drool
- claptrap
- muck
- hokum
- baloney
- twaddle
- trash
- hogwash
- guff
- balderdash
- hooey
- bunkum
- folderol
- piffle
- poppycock
- craziness
- tosh
- crock
- bunk
- jazz
- blather
- malarkey
- drivel
- bilge
- insanity
- blither
- foolishness
- humbuggery
- falderal
- flapdoodle
- malarky
- trumpery
- blah-blah
- bull
- rot
- codswallop
- tommyrot
- beans
- blatherskite
- punk
- boloney
- blarney
- fudge
- madness
- buncombe
- humbug
- bosh
- fiddlesticks
- horsefeathers
- fiddle
- absurdity
- folly
- applesauce
- idiocy
- fiddle-faddle
- hoodoo
- tarradiddle
- senselessness
- hokeypokey
- taradiddle
- inanity
- nerts
- moonshine
- absurdness
- flannel
- greek
- slush
- asininity
- tomfoolery
- lunacy
- gas
- foolery
- rigmarole
- kookiness
- imbecility
- witlessness
- fatuity
- inaneness
- rigamarole
- hoity-toity
- monkey business
- hot air
- hocus-pocus
- monkeyshine(s)
- shenanigan(s)
- double-talk
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sensibleness
- reasonableness
- sense
- rationality
- reasonability
- horse sense
- wisdom
- judgement
- discernment
- judgment
- levelheadedness
- common sense
2
as in junk
that which is of low quality or worth it's a sin that such crapola gets shown on TV Synonyms & Similar Words
- junk
- rubbish
- cheese
- trash
- dreck
- tripe
- drek
- muck
- nonsense
- camp
- claptrap
- mess
- sleaze
- lemon
- slop
- bomb
- kitsch
- slush
- stinker
- humbug
- turkey
- clunker
- dud
- shambles
- clinker
- muddle