tommyrot
\TOM-ee-rot\
noun
1. nonsense; utter foolishness.
Quotes
Then, as he saluted to acknowledge his tip, he added in the wheezy voice of the man of all weathers: "Tommy-rot, I call it, sir.”
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist, 1926
Origin
Tommyrot entered English in the late 1800s and is related to the word tomfool, a term that describes a grossly foolish or stupid person.
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