Etymology

if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull

Today it means: When one doesn't have all the facts or have a brilliant explanation, one can often convince people or win an argument by using nonsense. Full definition →

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Misattributed to W.C. Fields. Original source unknown.

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