What's the difference between balderdash and balductum?
Balderdash
Definition:
(n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
(n.) Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
(v. t.) To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
Example Sentences:
(1) And lest there be any remaining doubt, a forensic expert on maggots – such people do exist – testified that the theory of "semen-destroying maggots" was balderdash.
(2) Other balderdash included Nick Clegg's phoney claim : "As a proportion of this country's wealth, this government will be spending more in public spending at the end of this parliament after all these cuts, than Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were when they came into power."
(3) The balderdash quotient is high at all party conferences, but at a time like this people will wince more than ever at high-minded phrases from government ministers that disguise a very different reality.
(4) That kind of balderdash brings politics into disrepute.