{"id":3155,"date":"2017-03-05T16:54:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T21:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2017-03-05T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T22:04:48","slug":"poppycosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2017\/03\/05\/poppycosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Poppycosh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2017\/03\/05\/poppycosh\/poppycosh001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3156 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poppycosh001-400x326.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poppycosh001-400x326.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poppycosh001-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poppycosh001-368x300.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poppycosh001.jpg 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>A crisis of relevance??????? Poppycosh she said!<\/p>\n<p>Poppycosh is one of those words.\u00a0 You know the one\u2019s that joyfully roll off the tongue (like spatula) and make you wrinkle your nose (like balaclava) and chuckle just a little. Poppycosh??????? Then I say, makes me want to write a whole post on Poppycosh.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out you really can\u2019t write a whole post on poppycosh (now downgraded to all lower case) because basically it\u2019s chicken and dumplings with paprika.\u00a0 And I think we\u2019re even saying it wrong. Isn\u2019t it supposed to be Paprikash?<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like one of those words my mother-in-law would use.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking of her today as I\u2019m writing this as it\u2019s her birthday.\u00a0 She would have been 92 if she were still with us.\u00a0 If she were still with us would I be where I am\u2026let\u2019s not go there. She was a love but she had a few words she used for things that\u2026I\u2019m not sure were words. Or they were some mash up of Polish and something. But I digress.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, Urban Dictionary defines poppycosh as a random shout of joy.\u00a0 Like actually shouting the word poppycosh, I don\u2019t think so.\u00a0 Is that what they do at Urban Dictionary?<\/p>\n<p>So far my best research on the word brought me here:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohmha1NsQRU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So I think what my summer sister was trying to tell me was:<\/p>\n<div class=\"vk_ans\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-dobid=\"hdw\">pop\u00b7py\u00b7cock<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_ent_ph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"lr_dct_ph\">\u02c8p\u00e4p\u0113\u02cck\u00e4k\/<\/span><span class=\"lr_dct_spkr lr_dct_spkr_off\" title=\"Listen\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiksqWIr8DSAhUGwGMKHfwAAyQQlfQBCBswAA\"><input height=\"14\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABwAAAAcCAQAAADYBBcfAAABN0lEQVR4AZ3UT4vNYRwF8M+dieS3uNtb7r1lKZPNTNlMWY13gDeBrih7L2A2yka2ItlZYWGrjBJF+VdYjEJTFsI1x9qTX\/Ptfp716dmc71m2tzfGPvmibAaI+OOmiZLTdgERETtO2dMJPwVwzHVzEbsu64cVOyIAWPNCRJzVa+yjNEGGHoj4bd1\/DT2XNgg6WyJeO6Blv0fSE2Tqu4iZxsBtaYPuOQTgkogPlgGATWmDiG1HAZ1vIjZI\/wNEvNMBronYXFJz2HnAQ3C8+mM8BUxEbA9EvwEI+OEg2OcX5ksWVA++AozA13rwDmANvK0G37sK2ACPawX4bKUpwMlK5e4aAbjYVG6xktfP6klzVqVD7twXMbdenw5WPRMR5+pjtepG\/1jV5vGMkgv\/DPItU3XgpSuOaPwFsUTQA47vSZQAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" type=\"image\" width=\"14\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_h\"><i>noun<\/i><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"lr_dct_lbl_inl vk_gy\">informal<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"xpdxpnd vk_gy\" data-mh=\"-1\"><\/div>\n<ol class=\"lr_dct_sf_sens\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_sen vk_txt\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"_Jig\">\n<div data-dobid=\"dfn\">nonsense.<\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<table class=\"vk_tbl vk_gy\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lr_dct_nyms_ttl\">synonyms:<\/td>\n<td>nonsense, rubbish, claptrap, balderdash, blather, moonshine, garbage;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"lr_dct_more_txt xpdxpnd xpdnoxpnd\" data-mh=\"-1\"><i>informal<\/i>rot, tripe, jive, hogwash, baloney, drivel, bilge, bunk, eyewash, piffle, phooey, twaddle;<\/div>\n<div class=\"lr_dct_more_txt xpdxpnd xpdnoxpnd\" data-mh=\"-1\"><i>informal<\/i>bushwa, malarkey, gobbledygook, mumbo jumbo;<\/div>\n<div class=\"lr_dct_more_txt xpdxpnd xpdnoxpnd\" data-mh=\"-1\"><i>informal,<\/i>bunkum, tommyrot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"lr_dct_more_txt xpdxpnd xpdnoxpnd\" data-mh=\"-1\"><i>vulgar slang<\/i>crapola, verbal diarrhea<\/div>\n<div class=\"lr_dct_more_txt xpdxpnd xpdnoxpnd\" data-mh=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"vk_gy\">&#8220;their claims are poppycock&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In other words, bullshit\u2026<\/p>\n<p>While I love the plethora of synonyms for poppycock, bullshit seems to be the one that I can most get my head around.\u00a0 What the hell does that say about me?<\/p>\n<p>It says a lot actually. \u00a0In the scheme of evaluating one\u2019s relevance (which is where this whole thing started) are we really just bullshitting ourselves?\u00a0 Is it up to us to decide where we fall on the relevance scale or does each person we interact with have the honor of deciding that for themselves?\u00a0 As Wayne Dyer says, what other people think of us is none of our business.\u00a0 With that in mind, and with my mantra of living my life the way I want my story told in tow, I\u2019m butting out of the relevance thing.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m pretty sure you\u2019ll decide. \u00a0POPPYCOSH!!!!! she shouted with joy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crisis of relevance??????? Poppycosh she said! Poppycosh is one of those words.\u00a0 You know the one\u2019s that joyfully roll off the tongue (like spatula) and make you wrinkle your nose (like balaclava) and chuckle just a little. Poppycosh??????? 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