bilge vs poppycock

bilge

• Stupid talk or writing; nonsense. 

• The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates. 

• The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water. 

• The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides. 

• talk bilge 

• The bulging part of a barrel or cask. 

• To break open the bilge(s) of. 

• To spring a leak in the bilge. 

• To bulge or swell. 

poppycock

• foolish talk; nonsense.