BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?

[Dennis R. Preston]

Snacks with "nonsense" names. A trend? Fiddle-faddle, poppycock. Others?

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>My wife and kids, upon interrogation, said they know of the snack
>Poppycock (which I, being totally ignorant of pop culture,  know
>nothing of).  But they all knew the 'nonsense' meaning as well.
>Fritz
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>>>>  stalker at MSU.EDU 05/03/05 07:42PM >>>
>Isn't there some kind of popcorn mix or candy named Poppycock?
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>Jim
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>Laurence Horn writes:
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>>>   > wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM 05/03/05 08:48AM >>
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>>>>  One might cf. "poppycock," app. < Dutch for "dried-up dung," now rare in
>>>>  U.S.
>>>   >spoken English but otherwise often thought of as old-frashioned,
>>>  therefore stuffy, and >therefore virtually SE.
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>>>  "poppycock" rare in US spoken English?  Poppycock!! Use it all the
>>>  time. But then again, maybe I'm the last holdout?
>>>  Fritz J
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>>  Plus, isn't "papekak" soft dung/excrement rather than the dried-up
>>  variety?  Any Dutch speakers on the list?
>>
>>  Larry
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>James C. Stalker
>Department of English
>Michigan State University