codswallop

Etymology
, attested from 1959 episode of UK TV series . The writers state that the phrase was in general use when the show was broadcast. A national TV appeal in the UK in 2006 failed to find earlier references, though a humorous newspaper column from 1947 does use the fictional name "Sir Aubrey Codswallop". Originally written (1963), spelling is later.

Various etymologies are proposed from some sense of, such as from , hence cod + wallop “imitation beer” (with interconsonantal -s- to ease pronunciation of -dw-), or from , hence cod + wallop “testicle bag” or "tbag" or "hit with testicle bag," or from  (some part of the fish, as from fishing industry).

A frequently given etymology, although widely rejected as a, derives it from , British soft drink maker of the 1870s, known for the eponymous , with the suggestion that is a derisive term for soft drinks by beer drinkers, from Codd’s +  “Codd’s beer (sarcastic)”. There is no evidence that early uses had this sense, the slang comes later than Codd’s lifetime, initial spellings (1963 in print) do not reflect such a derivation (*Codd’s wallop and *coddswallop with -dd- are not found), and there is an 80-year gap between proposed coinage and attestation.

This is also the name given to the wooden device placed over the neck of a codd bottle and given a push (wallop) to dislodge the marble in the neck of the bottle. The word has also been used to describe the process of opening a codd bottle.

Noun

 * 1)  Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
 * 2) * 1993, J. Neville Turner, The One-Day Game – Cricket or Codswallop?, in 2001, David John Headon, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection.
 * 1) * 1993, J. Neville Turner, The One-Day Game – Cricket or Codswallop?, in 2001, David John Headon, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection.
 * 1) * 1993, J. Neville Turner, The One-Day Game – Cricket or Codswallop?, in 2001, David John Headon, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection.
 * 1) * 1993, J. Neville Turner, The One-Day Game – Cricket or Codswallop?, in 2001, David John Headon, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection.
 * 1) * 1993, J. Neville Turner, The One-Day Game – Cricket or Codswallop?, in 2001, David John Headon, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection.

Interjection

 * : nonsense!; rubbish!