horsefeathers
horsefeathers Lexical Profile
horsefeathers Game Scores & Validity
• interjection
North American Used as a mild exclamation to express strong disbelief, contempt, or dismissal of a statement as nonsense.
""Horsefeathers!" he exclaimed when they claimed the budget had been balanced without any cuts."
• noun
North American Foolish, untrue, or deceptive talk; nonsense or rubbish.
"The veteran reporter dismissed the spokesperson's elaborate excuse as pure horsefeathers."
American The long, protective hairs growing on the lower legs and fetlocks of certain draft horse breeds, or historically in carpentry, beveled wooden strips used in siding.
"Clydesdales and Shires are easily recognized by the thick white horsefeathers covering their hooves."
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in 1928 by the American comic strip artist Billy DeBeck in his strip 'Barney Google', based on the incongruous image of a horse having feathers.