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Poppycock


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Came first in group 414 in round 1 with 349 votes

beat Gargoyle on 209 votes
beat Dim on 53 votes
beat Domestic on 12 votes


Came first in group 104 in round 2 with 494 votes

beat Supercilious on 186 votes
beat Abysmal on 173 votes
beat Giddy on 129 votes


Won in group 52 in round 3 with 610 votes

beat Quixotic on 365 votes


Lost in group 26 in round 4 with 474 votes

beaten by Nincompoop on 630 votes



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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excrement”).

Noun[edit]

poppycock (usually uncountable, plural poppycocks)

  1. (colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense.

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