English Explanatory Dictionary

balloon juice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Empty or exaggerated talk lacking in substance, boasting, chatter, nonsense.
  2. Any of various beverages, usually including gas dissolved in liquid.

Word forms

balloon juice

Etymology

Extended from synonymous hot air, gas. Attested in both senses from the 19th century.

Synonyms

bunkum hokum hooey hot air absurdity all my eye all my eye and Betty Martin applesauce bafflegab balderdash balls baloney banana oil Bandini baragouin batcrap batshit bilgewater blah blather blatherskite bobbins bollocks bosh BS bull bullcrap bulldust bull feathers bullshit bullspeak bunk bushwah clamjamfrey claptrap cobblers codswallop crap crock crock of shit double Dutch double talk doublespeak dribble drivel eyewash fiddle-faddle flapdoodle flim-flam flizz flummery folderol foolishness footle framis fuckery fuckry fudge galimatias Gallophone
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