Meaning & use

bosh

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informal, chiefly British: an expression used to dismiss something as nonsense.

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"Bosh!" he scoffed. "That story can't be true."

She waved off his excuse as pure bosh.

A note on using this word

Somewhat old-fashioned and mainly heard in British English; can also be used as a noun meaning 'nonsense.'

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