| abracadabra |
a nonsense word thought to produce a magical effect such as the warding off of disaster or disease. [2 definitions] |
| baloney |
(slang) nonsense. [2/3 definitions] |
| blithering |
babbling nonsense; blathering. |
| bollocks |
(chiefly British; vulgar slang) utter nonsense; complete rubbish. [1/3 definitions] |
| bosh |
(informal) foolish or meaningless talk; nonsense. |
| bunk2 |
(informal) nonsense; claptrap. |
| doo-wop |
a singing style most popular in the 1950s, characterized by a lead singer performing with a chorus singing nonsense syllables, either with or without instrumental accompaniment. |
| double-talk |
unintelligible or meaningless talk, usu. uttered rapidly, in which nonsense sounds are intermixed with real words. [1/3 definitions] |
| eyewash |
(informal) nonsense or falsehood intended to mislead. [1/2 definitions] |
| fiddlesticks |
nonsense! (used to express annoyance or irritation). |
| flap-doodle |
(informal) foolishness; nonsense. |
| flimflam |
(informal) a bit of nonsense; foolery. [1/3 definitions] |
| folderol |
foolish speech or notions; nonsense. [1/2 definitions] |
| guff |
foolish talk; nonsense. [1/2 definitions] |
| hocus-pocus |
nonsense or trickery intended to deceive; mystification. [1/2 definitions] |
| hokey-pokey |
trickery; nonsense; hocus-pocus. |
| hokum |
(informal) nonsense or absurdity; bunk or claptrap. [1/2 definitions] |
| hooey |
(informal) nonsense; foolishness. |
| horseshit |
(slang) lies, exaggerations, or nonsense. [1/3 definitions] |
| humbug |
something without substance or meaning, such as an idea or argument; nonsense. [2/8 definitions] |
| Jabberwocky |
in the nineteenth-century tale Through the Looking Glass, a poem containing many nonsense words. [1/2 definitions] |