Bushwah
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Nonsense; euphemistic form of bullshit. US, uncountable
"These plays, one and all, were either sentimental bushwah or tragic nonsense."
Adjective
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of bourgeois. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
"“These contrary policies are logical for Communists. To them consistency, morality and truthfulness are ‘bushwah’ dope that drugs workers and delays the revolution.”"
Example
More examples"These plays, one and all, were either sentimental bushwah or tragic nonsense."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Uncertain, first attested in the 1900s. Perhaps from dialectal bodewash (“dried buffalo dung”) or by Etymology 2, from bourgeois. Subsequently used as a minced oath variant of bullshit, though bullshit itself is only attested from the 1910s.
Etymology 2
From bourgeois.
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