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Balderdash and Piffle
Balderdash and Piffle is a British television programme on BBC in which the writers of the "Oxford English Dictionary" asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known citations of a number of words and phrases. Presented by Victoria Coren, it was a companion to the dictionary's Wordhunt project.
The "OED" panel consisted of John Simpson, the Chief Editor of the "OED"; Peter Gilliver, who was also the captain of the Oxford University Press team in "";
Balderdash (disambiguation)
Balderdash is senseless talk or writing; nonsense, bunk, piffle, poppycock or twaddle (origin: pre-1750).
Balderdash may also refer to:
- Balderdash, a board game which uses nonsense terms
- "Balderdash" (game show), a television show based on the game
- "Balderdash", a 2007 single by Ipso Facto (band)
- Balderdash, nickname of Adam Balding, an English rugby union footballer
- Balderdash, a realtime web and design