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malarkey
noun ma·lar·key \mə-ˈlär-kē\
: foolish words or ideas
Full Definition of MALARKEY
: insincere or foolish talk : bunkum
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Variants of MALARKEY
ma·lar·key also ma·lar·ky \mə-ˈlär-kē\
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Origin of MALARKEY
origin unknown
First Known Use: 1929
Related to MALARKEY
- Synonyms
- applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, nonsense (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
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