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As a noun nonsense

is letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.

As a verb nonsense

is to make nonsense of.

As an adjective nonsense

is resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

As a proper noun santorum is

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nonsense

English

Alternative forms

* nonsence (archaic)

Noun

(wikipedia nonsense) (en-noun)
  • Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.
    • After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense .
  • An untrue statement.
    • He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense .
  • Something foolish.
  • * 2008 , "Nick Leeson has some lessons for this collapse", Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 9, 2008
    • and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.
  • (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by .
  • (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

    • Synonyms

    : See * (something that lacks meaning or absurd statement) ** (mostly colloquialisms or slang) balderdash, baloney, bull, bulldust, bunk, codswallop, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, hooey (US), horse hockey, malarkey, manure, poppycock, prattle, rhubarb (chiefly British), rubbish, twaddle ** (vulgar slang) bollocks (British), bullshit, crap, horseshit (US)

    Derived terms

    * nonsensical * nonsensification * nonsensify

    See also

    * (biology) missense

    Verb

    (nonsens)
  • To make nonsense of
  • * Bernard Shaw, "The Red Robe", in James Huneker ed., Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw , volume II, page 73:
    • At the Haymarket all this is nonsensed by an endeavor to steer between Mr. Stanley Weyman's rights as author of the story and the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.
  • To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.
  • * 1997 , "Rockies respond to whip", Denver Post , Jun 3, 1997:
    • "They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded."
  • * 2000 , Leon Garfield, Jason Cockcroft, Jack Holborn , page 131:
    • Very commanding: very much 'end of this nonsensing' . Mister Fared spread his hands and shook his thin head imperceptibly, as if to say he understood
  • * 2006 , Sierra Leone: Petroleum Unit Calls for Auditing , AllAfrica.com, Mar 17, 2006:
    • He further nonsensed press suggestions that the Petroleum Unit was set up to assist in the administration of sporting activities.
  • To joke around, to waste time
  • * 1963 , C. F. Griffin, The Impermanence of Heroes , page 170:
    • When he meant "go and get one" he said to go and get one, with no nonsensing around about "liking" to get one.

    Synonyms

    * pooh-pooh, rubbish, whangdoodle

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

    • santorum

    English

    (Campaign for "santorum" neologism) (Campaign for "santorum" neologism)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (neologism, sex, slang) A frothy mixture of lubricant and fecal matter as an occasional byproduct of anal sex.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2005 , first = Jack R. , last = Dunn , title = Hard , page = 134 , url = http://www.scribd.com/doc/16188669/Hard , passage = She wads up the t-shirt, uses it to wipe a trickle of santorum from her ass, and throws it under the cot. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2007 , first = Robert J. , last = Rubel , title = Squirms, Screams and Squirts: Now you can turn great sex into extraordinary sex , isbn = 9781887895644 , isbn10 = 1887895647 , ol = 25167662M , oclc = 174131309 , publisher = Nazca Plains , page = 65 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=EamkToorhTUC&pg=PA65&dq=santorum , passage = In the “for what it's worth” department, the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex is called santorum'.
    ''Safety Warning
  • 6:'' Be particularly cautious where this ' santorum goes. As previously noted, you don't want to get any fecal matter in the vaginal area. Bad safety risk.
    • }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2008 , chapter = A Horrible Night of Research and Erudite Bloodletting , first = Richard J. , last = Polney , title = Men on the Edge: Dangerous Erotica , editor = Pierce, Christopher , publisher = StarBooks , location = Hemdon , isbn = 9781934187289 , isbn10 = 1934187283 , ol = 25167643M , oclc = 222163880 , page = 38 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=iFUn8oRyZzgC&pg=PA38&dq=santorum , passage = Then, one of them broke ranks and rammed his blood-lubed fist straight up my ass and twisted hard, pulled it out and licked the santorum clean. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2008 , first = Austen , last = James , title = Hate Starve Curse: A Disagreeable Man's Search for Nothingness in the Face of Everythingness , edition = First , publisher = Broken Science , isbn = 9781438235028 , isbn10 = 143823502X , ol = 25167656M , page = 30 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=d86h3zMsD1AC&pg=PA30&dq=santorum , passage = Any residents not burned alive in the fires or drowned in the flood will be made to drink a mixture of bodily fluids typically deposited in on the streets during Mardi Gras until death. The mixture should consist of (but is not limited to) sweat, snot, urine, saliva, tears, vomit, sexual fluids, and feces and santorum . }}
  • * {{quote-song
    • , year = 2011 , date = 2011-04-01 , title = Booty Sex , composer = Icemilk , album = Sofa King Delicious , passage = I'll fuck you till my dick's dry / Squirt santorum in my eye , url = http://www.icemilkmusic.com/lyrics.html , asin = B00510PZO0 }}
  • (neologism, slang, derogatory) Shit: rubbish, worthless matter, nonsense, bull.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2004-02-05 , first = Ian , last = S. , title = Re: If Bush Wasn't A Deserter, What Was He? , group = alt.politics.democrats , id = tijUb.2347$Yj.960@lakeread02 , url = http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.democrats/msg/4c400b63c3ed19f7 , passage = a lying sack of santorum . }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2005-06-29 , first = Chris , last = Linthompson , title = Re: New word, "martinize" , group = talk.origins , id = 1120058301.549994.211740@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com , url = http://groups.google.com/group/talk.origins/msg/0bd5138a1ba338c6 , passage = I think this is a load of santorum . }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2006-01-18 , author = "leftie" , title = Re: Hey Julia! , group = rec.music.gdead , id = dqmpqs$2mpp$1@agate.berkeley.edu , url = http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.gdead/msg/af53c6edcdceaab3 , passage = What a bunch of santorum . }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2009 , author = Jacques TwisT , title = Lady MaMarazz' "Ain't No Shame like the Fame Game" , url = http://www.lady-mamarazz.co.cc/ , isbn10 = 143823225X , isbn = 9781438232256 , page = 146 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=GQ9kEbba_pYC&pg=PA146&dq=santorum , passage = Those freakin' Devil's Advocate Moderators have no sense of decorum— They're just like a bunch of hungry predators... totally fuckin' full of fuckin' santorum ! }}

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    See also

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    References

    External links

    * 's Word of the Year, Most Outrageous category (2004) * Spreading Santorum, the website created by (Dan Savage) to document the spread of the phenomenon * Santorum, background at * Santorum, analysis of the phenomenon at (Know Your Meme) by (Rocketboom) English eponyms English neologisms