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单词 bushwa
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Definition of bushwa in English:

bushwa

(also bushwah)
noun ˈbʊʃwɑːˈbʊʃwə
mass nounNorth American informal
  • Rubbish, nonsense.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That's a lot of Bushwa. That's a lot of nonsense.
    • That's bushwa, this mirror and its brother mirror were created for my mother.
    • I thought it'd help us cut through the bushwah and make it easier for me to help you.
    • What we have here is more of the ivory tower, laissez-faire bushwa that substitutes for thinking in this corporatized administration.
    • Not only is this bushwah: it is pernicious bushwah.
    Synonyms
    prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling

Origin

1920s: apparently a euphemism for bullshit.

 
 

Definition of bushwa in US English:

bushwa

(also bushwah)
nounˈbo͝oSHwəˈbʊʃwə
North American informal
  • Rubbish, nonsense.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I thought it'd help us cut through the bushwah and make it easier for me to help you.
    • What we have here is more of the ivory tower, laissez-faire bushwa that substitutes for thinking in this corporatized administration.
    • Not only is this bushwah: it is pernicious bushwah.
    • That's a lot of Bushwa. That's a lot of nonsense.
    • That's bushwa, this mirror and its brother mirror were created for my mother.
    Synonyms
    prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling

Origin

1920s: apparently a euphemism for bullshit.

 
 
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