Thursday, 25 February 2010

British English Word of the Day!


Codswallop



When one is neither convinced nor impressed with something one might exclaim, "What a load of old codswallop!"


3 comments:

CambridgeLady said...

Oh we are surely losing those fabulous old words .... if I use words like that the kids look at me as if I have gone quite mad!!

mayhem and madness said...

This one is used a lot in our house!When my youngest was asked if she had any homework she said "yes but its all codswallop anyway!"

Susan B said...

Another great word! I hear it sometimes in conversation, but not very often. Thanks for sharing it!