1. It‘s all balderdash. ... What difference can high school students make in any kind of politics?) Another good word for BS that harkens back to ancient times is àõèíåÿ. Russian etymologists throw ashtrays at each other over proposed derivations of this word÷ While most agree that it comes from the word Athenian, exactly how it came to mean "convoluted nonsense" is hotly debated. Íå ïüÿí âåäü, à êàêóþ àõèíåþ ïîðåò! (You‘re spouting nonsense and you‘re not even drunk!) If you are more Gallic in temperament, you might try the word ãàëèìàòüÿ, which, everyone seems to agree, comes from the French word galimatias, meaning "gibberish." Òàêàÿ ãàëèìàòüÿ! Чòî æå ýòîò âçäîð ìîæåò îçíàчàòü, ïî–òâîåìó? (What doubletalk!