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Baloney vs Bosh - What's the difference?

baloney | bosh |

As nouns the difference between baloney and bosh

is that baloney is a type of smoked sausage; bologna while bosh is nonsense.

As an interjection bosh is

an expression of disbelief or annoyance.

As a proper noun Bosh is

a surname.

baloney

English

Etymology 1

Modification of bologna .

Alternative forms

* boloney * bologna

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) A type of smoked sausage; bologna.
    • Synonyms
    * see bologna

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps simply from , possibly used as a minced oath for bull .

    Alternative forms

    * balonie (UK) * boloney

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable, chiefly, US, slang) Nonsense.
    • Usage notes
    Sometimes used in rhyme phony baloney .
    Synonyms
    * See also .
    Derived terms
    * * globaloney

    See also

    * English Polari slang English terms with multiple etymologies

    bosh

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Entered into popular usage in English from the novels of .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, British) Nonsense.
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    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (chiefly, British) An expression of disbelief or annoyance.
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    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (es)
  • The lower part of a blast furnace, between the hearth and the stack.

    • Etymology 3

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (es)
  • (British, chiefly, Norfolk, slang, archaic) A figure.
    • to cut a bosh — "to make a figure"

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (British) An expression of speedy and satisfactory completion of a simple or straightforward task.
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    • Synonyms
    * bish bash bosh

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