Hokum
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
Nonsense
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make nonsense ofTo attempt to dismiss as nonsense.To joke around, to waste time
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.An untrue statement.Something foolish.A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
Example sentence: I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive.