noun
bosh
bosh
noun
1
Nonsense; empty or foolish talk.
"That excuse is complete bosh — nobody believes it."
"He waved off the rumor as pure bosh."
intj
1
Used to express disbelief or dismissal.
""Bosh! I've never heard anything so absurd," she snapped."
How to Use Bosh
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA slightly old-fashioned British word for nonsense or rubbish talk.
When to use it
Sounds dated and informal — mostly heard in British English, often from older speakers.
Common pairings
pure bosh
a load of bosh
talk bosh
Word Forms
boshed past tense, boshes plural, boshes plural, boshes plural, boshes singular
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Etymology
Borrowed into English from Ottoman Turkish boş, meaning "empty" or "unoccupied," after appearing in the popular 19th-century novels of James Morier.