bosh

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   foolish, untrue, or pretentious talk or writing; nonsense

   His claim that the fossils were planted was complete bosh.

2. 2
   intj

   used to dismiss a statement as foolish or untrue

   "Bosh!" she replied. "You know perfectly well that isn't true."

Simplified etymology

Bosh comes from a Turkish word meaning “empty” or “worthless.” Its use for nonsense was popularized by its frequent appearance in James Morier’s successful 1834 novel Ayesha, the Maid of Kar.

Borrowed in the nineteenth century from Ottoman Turkish boş ("empty, unoccupied"). It became popular English slang through the novels of James Justinian Morier.

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