malarkey
See also: Malarkey
English
Etymology
American English, of unknown origin; perhaps from Greek μαλακία (malakía, “stupidity, idiocy, nonsense, bullshit”). Popularized by Thomas Aloysius Dorgan, Irish American cartoonist who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922.[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈlɑɹ.ki/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈlɑː.ki/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ki
Noun
malarkey (uncountable)
- (informal) Nonsense; rubbish. [from 1920s]
- 2001 [1870], Frederick Paul Walter, “chapter 29”, in 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, translation of Vingt mille lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne:
- "An underwater tunnel!" he exclaimed. "A connection between two seas! Who ever heard of such malarkey!"
- I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:nonsense
Translations
nonsense; rubbish
References
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