as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge
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Recent Examples of bilge
There will be another 15 minutes of football played — a third of a half of football — but those leaving have no desire to watch anymore of what could fairly be described as apathetic bilge.
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Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Lots of people fall for this bilge.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
All this bilge went into Arthur Kill, the 600-foot-wide shipping channel separating New Jersey from New York City’s Staten Island.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
Previous generations had external wires connecting the battery to the bilge pump and years ago there was a recall related to charging issues with these decoys.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
Lots of people fall for this bilge.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
All this bilge went into Arthur Kill, the 600-foot-wide shipping channel separating New Jersey from New York City’s Staten Island.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
Previous generations had external wires connecting the battery to the bilge pump and years ago there was a recall related to charging issues with these decoys.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bilge
Noun
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While praised by real-life doctors for being one of the more accurate medical shows, Scrubs still made room for plenty of silly, lighthearted nonsense.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
21 July 2025
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In that case, this is a lot of nonsense over something that just won’t arise.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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The Bureau of Rodent Control has been increasing collaboration with the Bureau of Sanitation to replace faulty garbage carts, which rats can exploit to obtain more food.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Another item that is often forgotten is garbage bags for collecting waste along the way, especially when passing through remote areas without public bins.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Vegetables like broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, kale and asparagus are also included in most low-carb diets—as are eggs, cheese, Greek yogurt and nuts like walnuts, peanuts, macadamia nuts and pistachios.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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North Korea has responded to previous balloon campaigns with fiery rhetoric and other shows of anger, and last year the country launched its own balloons across the border, dumping rubbish on various South Korean sites, including the presidential compound.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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They were were found beneath a pile of rubbish heaped just inside her front door, according to a police report released Wednesday.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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All this stupidity is only part of what makes SB 540 perhaps the year’s dumbest bill.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
18 July 2025
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To My Canadian brothers and sisters: Please accept the sincerest apologies of many Americans for the lies, degradation and stupidity you have been subjected to by the U.S. president and his supporters and enablers.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 July 2025
Noun
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West Coast drools: H100 rental pricing is very stable in the United States, but there’s a persistent East Coast advantage.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 May 2025
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The owner tried to explain his reasoning in the video, citing the temperature was too cold and pointing to the frozen drool on his face.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The names of previous detainees were carved onto the mental bunks.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
15 July 2025
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He was told to sit on his bunk for the count, an interminable process that involved tallying every prisoner on the farm, from the men locked down in solitary cells to those wrangling cattle in far‑flung fields.—
Literary Hub
July 8,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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Dredging would have removed about four to five feet of muck and other material from the floor of the lake, increasing its depth to 12 feet in some places.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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And years of exposure to heat, chemicals, and environmental muck can also strip away some of your hair’s natural gloss, leaving it looking duller, Dr. Lo Sicco notes.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
9 July 2025
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“Bilge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bilge. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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