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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