codswallop

codswallop meaning in Tamil

Examples of codswallop in a sentence

• 1993, J. Neville Turner, The One-Day Game – Cricket or Codswallop?, in 2001, David John Headon, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection.
• If it is not a load of codswallop, it will turn out to be very important.1981 October 1, John Turner, “Review: Autumn Books: Prometheus bounded?”, in New Scientist, page 41:
• He′d mentioned going to Mars with the children but I thought it was a load of codswallop.”2010, Grahame Howard, The Wishing Book 3 – Extermination, page 66:

Synonyms of codswallop

• hogswallop
• absurdity
• all my eye
• all my eye and Betty Martin
• bafflegab
• balderdash
• balls
• baloney
• Bandini
• baragouin

All synonyms of codswallop

Forms of codswallop

Origin of codswallop

Unknown. Attested from a 1959 episode of the UK TV series Hancock's Half Hour. The writers (Galton and Simpson) state that the phrase was in general use when the show was broadcast. A national TV appeal in the UK in 2006 failed to find earlier references, though a humorous newspaper column from 1947 does use the fictional name "Sir Aubrey Codswallop". Originally written (1963) codswallop; the spelling cod's wallop is later. Various etymologies are proposed from some sense of cod, such as from cod (“joke, imitation”) + -s- + wallop (“beer”) (slang), hence “imitation beer” (with interconsonantal -s- to ease pronunciation of -dw-), or from cod (“scrotum, as in codpiece”) + -s- + wallop (“to hit”), hence “to hit (with) the testicle bag,” or from cod (“fish”), hence perhaps some part of the fish, as used in the fishing industry. A frequently given etymology, although widely rejected as a folk etymology, derives it from Hiram Codd, British soft drink maker of the 1870s, known for the eponymous Codd-neck bottle, with the suggestion that codswallop is a derisive term for soft drinks by beer drinkers, from Codd’s + wallop (“beer”), thus sarcastically “Codd’s beer”. There is no evidence...

Words that rhyme with codswallop

• wallop
• collop
• trollop
• dollop
• lollop
• Trollope
• jollop

Questions about codswallop

What does codswallop mean?

Codswallop means senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.

What is codswallop in Tamil?

Codswallop in Tamil is அறிவுக்கு ஒவ்வாத. See Codswallop meaning in Tamil.

How do you use codswallop in a sentence?

1993, J. Neville Turner, The One-Day Game – Cricket or Codswallop?, in 2001, David John Headon, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection.

What part of speech is codswallop?

Codswallop can be a noun or an interjection.

How do you pronounce codswallop?

Codswallop is pronounced /ˈkɒdzˌwɒl.əp/ (UK).