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malarkey

 
Dictionary: ma·lar·key  ma·lar·ky (mə-lär') pronunciation
also n. Slang
Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive: "snookered by a lot of malarkey" (New Republic).

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or malarky

(muh-LAR-kee)

noun
1. Misleading speech or writing.
2. Nonsense; foolishness.

Etymology
Of unknown origin.

Usage
"Malarkey is not uncommon out in this neck of the woods. Anyone keeping up with B.C. politics, fast cat ferries, the Vancouver Stock Exchange, leaky condos or the Canucks making a playoff run has bought a load of it at one time. Some of it we're still paying off on the malarkey instalment plan." — Mark Laba; Sleight of Tongue; Vancouver Province (Canada); Oct 24, 2002.

"More than half a million people take to the streets to enjoy the fireworks spectacle but it is a family audience, without any of the Scottish alcohol-fuelled malarkey." — Mike J Wilson; Bright Lights, Party City; The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland); Jan 17, 2004.


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sludder, pjat, fup

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzin

Français (French)
n. - balivernes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Blabla

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σάχλες, ανοησίες

Italiano (Italian)
fandonia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bobagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
выдумка, болтовня

Español (Spanish)
n. - discurso tonto e insincero, cosas faltas de sentido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bluff, skitsnack

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
说大话, 胡说

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 說大話, 胡說

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 우선 듣기 좋은 이야기, 허튼소리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ばかげた話

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هراء, كلام فارغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטויות‬


 
 
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