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What is the difference between baloney and bulldust?

baloney | bulldust |

As nouns the difference between baloney and bulldust

is that baloney is {{context|countable|lang=en}} a type of smoked sausage; bologna or baloney can be {{context|us|lang=en}} {{context|uncountable|chiefly|us|slang|lang=en}} nonsense while bulldust is {{context|australia|lang=en}} fine red dust, found in desert regions of australia.

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

    bulldust

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Australia) Fine red dust, found in desert regions of Australia.
  • * 2007 , , Joy McKean, Another Day, Another Town , page 151,
    • Bulldust' is like talcum powder and it covers the holes in the road. No matter how carefully we drove, the ' bulldust rose in the air and cascaded down over our vehicle to the extent that we sometimes used the wipers to clear the windscreen.
  • * 2007 , Dick Eussen, Australia's Savannah Way: Cairns to Broome , page 23,
    • Road trains are over 50 m long when towing three trailers. On dirt roads, they trail a blinding cloud of bulldust and window smashing, fist-size stones.
  • * 2011 , Leon Isackson, Jon Hayton, Behind the Rock and Beyond , unnumbered page,
    • The bulldust was starting to get really thick now and even thicker in the back of the Hudson! It got into everything.
  • (Australia, slang) Nonsense; blatantly false statements.
  • * 1991 , Antonio Casella, The Sensualist , page 10,
    • She was told some bulldust'. The same ' bulldust they tell any dickhead willing to part with money: that she'd be rich one day and live to a ripe old age.
  • * 1993 , , Arnold Rampersad, Days of Grace: A Memoir , page 70,
    • “Your theory is bulldust', Arthur,” said Pancho. “Nothing but ' bulldust . You should play your best doubles players even if they are playing singles. If they are fit, they are not going to be too tired. McEnroe would not have lost that match.”
  • * 2008 , Catherine Deveny, Say When , page 181,
    • In these harsh times of economic rationalism (sacking), restructuring (sacking) and merit-assessed and incentive-based liquidation and redirecting of human resources (sacking), the bulldust detector is invaluable.

    Synonyms

    * bullshit