(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.
Soapy
Definition:
(superl.) Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
(superl.) Smeared with soap; covered with soap.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dose sites were washed with soapy water 24 h posttreatment.
(2) Frozen bubbles Last month, photographer Angela Kelly took a solution of soapy water out into the cold in Washington state, to make an amazing series of frozen-bubble photos .
(3) darlingi females exposed for 2 min, but after the material had been washed twice in soapy water the bioassay mortality fell to only 21.4%.
(4) Equipment used for sprouting seeds should be cleaned thoroughly using hot soapy water; always wash your hands before and after handling seeds."
(5) 4) Press the Sugru down on all sides and smooth the surface by rolling your finger over the Sugru and by wiping soapy water over it.
(6) Richard Davenport-Hines in his recently published An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo writes that 1963 was the year when "the soapy scum flowed after the sluices of self-righteous scurrility were opened".
(7) Most globular proteins are waxy inside and soapy outside.
(8) "They're not just crime mysteries and detective series … they're quite soapy and they are very willing to go into the detail of the characters' back life.
(9) The bicycle tube was inserted into the vagina and air and a soapy solution were pumped in.
(10) This study was designed to assess the microbiologic effectiveness of a practical cleaning-disinfection procedure, consisting of hydrogen peroxide, 100 degrees C soapy water and 100 degrees C rinse water, which might permit reuse of tracheal suction catheters in the home setting.
(11) There appears to be no simple relationship between the slip performance of a cane tip on ice-rink ice and that developed on soapy wet tiles.
(12) A variety of commercially available cane and crutch tips were tested on surfaces of ice and soapy tile under varying axial (thrust) loads.
(13) Data of 7000 patients submitted to surgical procedures from 1980 to 1988 were evaluated regarding a surveillance and a prevention program that was performed at 1984 (short term prophylaxis in contaminated and any clean-contaminated procedures; skin washing before the operation with a soapy solution of povidone iodine; regular report of all data about wound infection incidence to staff).
(14) Set in Los Angeles, it features a glamorous cast and soapy storylines including infidelity, artificial insemination, bisexuality and interracial romance.
(15) His themes could be discordant and experimental (The Prisoner – Patrick McGoohan’s head-trippy spy thriller , not the Aussie prison soapie), light and whimsical ( the sitcom Shelley ), or toe-tappingly nostalgic (The Jazz Age).
(16) They include freezing your clothes, instantly turning boiling water into snow, and... making these soapy ice-bubble things: Last month, photographer Angela Kelly took a solution of soapy water out into the cold in Washington state, to make an amazing series of frozen-bubble photos .
(17) After stage A1, when the exoskeleton feels soft and soapy, and A2, when the abdomen attains parchment consistency, the exoskeleton continues to harden until stage C1, when the telson carinae can no longer be depressed with a fingernail.
(18) The occasional listener to The Archers clearly mustn’t underestimate the effect of Tom Archer’s recasting after 17 years, plus some newly soapy plotlines.
(19) For 2 mM sodium saccharin (NaSac), 75% of the responses were "sweet," 6.5% "sugar"; for NaSac in 10 mM citric acid (ArtLem), 43% "sour," 20% "citrus," and 11% "sugar"; for 214 mM monosodium glutamate (MSG), 28% "salty," 14% "sour," and 10% 1st "soapy," then "no taste," and finally "bitter."
(20) Illustration: Emma McGowan You will need : 1-2 mini packs of Sugru Soapy water Scissors 1) For all breaks, make sure the surface is clean, dry and free from grease.