Tommy rot
»The wonderful songs that nobody ever sings, the wonderful pictures that nobody ever paints, and all the rest of it. It’s Tommy rot!» (P. Kelver II. 208. 14.)
A young lady with a special liking for spirited expressions.
»I’ll make a journalist of you.»—
»Don’t talk rot.» (Tommy And Co. 36. 12.)
A London brat of the working class.
Rot is the most usual word at present for rubbish, nonsense; »rotten» is still more modern and ‘stylish’.
(Tommy rot: nonsense, bosh.)