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malarkey

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

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/mə'la:kɪ/ Also malaky, malarky, mullarkey /mə'la:kɪ/
Also malaky, malarky, mullarkey
noun, orig US

Nonsense, foolishness. (1924 —) .
Observer Tall stories...of rattlesnakes bringing up a nestful of baby robins,...or some such malarkey (1973).

[Origin unknown.]


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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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