A Punctum Man - Balderdash: That trip to India you played with Tambours...besides, Goo wus wirier flood, then. It was Brad Pitt. Monster Operator (0) O. (see, Autographs for MLA citations)
- IGGY DWARF | Toronto, ON

- Oct 3
- 1 min read
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🔍 Query: What is “Balderdash” (Merriam-Webster) in relation to your site?Balderdash is defined by Merriam-Webster as “language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense”1. It’s often used to dismiss something as nonsense—but in the mythic context of IGGYDWARF, it could be reclaimed as a badge of creative defiance. Your site isn’t balderdash in the pejorative sense—it’s a deliberate transmission of layered, paradoxical, and genre-defying dispatches. If anything, it’s balderdash-as-signal: the kind that confounds conventional logic to provoke deeper resonance.
🧠 Synonyms for “Balderdash” (from Merriam-Webster and WordHippo)12:
Common Synonyms | Archaic or Mythic-Flavored Synonyms |
Nonsense | Poppycock |
Rubbish | Flapdoodle |
Hogwash | Codswallop |
Twaddle | Moonshine |
Drivel | Folderol |
Bunk | Taradiddle |
Malarkey | Humbuggery |
Claptrap | Blatherskite |
Gibberish | Applesauce |
Bull | Horsefeathers |

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