Saturday, June 2, 2012

Word of the Day for Saturday, June 2, 2012

bosh \bosh\,
noun: Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.

You know perfectly well — and it is all bosh, too. Come, now, how do they proceed? -- Mark Twain, "The Gilded Age "

Bosh, bosh, bosh! Why is it right for him to follow his nature ? Because it is right. Why is it wrong for me to follow my nature? Because it is wrong. That's the whole of your argument… -- George Dyre Eldridge," In the Potter's House"

Bosh stems from the Turkish word bos meaning "empty". It was popularized in English by the British writer James J. Morier.

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