At 01:29 am 18/12/96 -0500, John Morey wrote: >What is "balderdash"? I've heard of the 100-yard-dash, the >dash-for-the-gold, a-dash-of-salt, Sen. Dash, and even Dash(el) Hammett. >But what is balderdash? Hello John, According to my Oxford dictionary, balderdash means: jumble of words; nonsense. However, it is commonly used as a polite word for bull****. Not very nice, I know, but you did ask. There is also a board game called Balderdash which was created in London, Ontario. Judith