"bushwah" meaning in All languages combined

See bushwah on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From bourgeois. Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} bushwah
  1. Pronunciation spelling of bourgeois. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: bourgeois Categories (topical): English minced oaths
    Sense id: en-bushwah-en-adj-Lh~FmJXN Disambiguation of English minced oaths: 72 28 Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bushwa
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Etymology: Uncertain, first attested in the 1900s. Perhaps from dialectal bodewash (“dried buffalo dung”) or by Etymology 2, from bourgeois. Subsequently used as a minced oath variant of bullshit, though bullshit itself is only attested from the 1910s. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{etydate/the|1900s}} the 1900s, {{etydate|1900s|nocap=1}} first attested in the 1900s Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bushwah (uncountable)
  1. (US) Nonsense; euphemistic form of bullshit. Tags: US, uncountable Synonyms: nonsense Translations (nonsense): чепуха (čepuxa) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bushwah-en-noun-7Cz6bkpD Categories (other): American English, English euphemisms, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Russian translations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bushwa
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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