Word: poppycock
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President of the United States during the Civil War, Professor Frederick Merk of the Department of History specializing in the United States, responded, "Theodore Roosevelt." That, in two words, was the opinion of to Harvard historian, who went on to brand the answers as "sophmoric poppycock" with very little significance as evidence of the historical ignorance of American college freshmen...
Under these circumstances, and with a set of questions and expected answers that Professor Merk termed "sophomoric poppycock," the only possible outcome was that each student exercised his sense of humor to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the sense of humor...
Either we never learned this lesson thoroughly, or sentimental woman-teachers are particularly strong at the box-office--for, "Remember the Day" is blandly offered up in the precise image of its forbears. It is, nevertheless, mildly palatable in a quiet, labored way--maudlin poppycock, but poppycock creditably brightened by the clever style of Claudette Colbert...
...Without Poppycock...
...TIME, Jan. 5] is the most thought-provoking and incisive article on business and the war that I have read. The discussion of OPM is most interesting, particularly to an ex-OPMite, but the whole thing hangs together on a clear line of understanding without the usual poppycock...