cockamamie
adjective
cock·a·ma·mie ˌkä-kə-ˈmā-mē 
ˈkä-kə-ˌmā-
variants or less commonly cockamamy
: ridiculous, incredible
some cockamamie idea/story
of all the cockamamy excuses I ever heard
Leo Rosten
Leo Rosten
Synonyms
- absurd
- comical
- derisive
- derisory
- farcical
- laughable
- ludicrous
- pathetic
- preposterous
- ridiculous
- risible
- silly
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Word History
Etymology
perhaps alteration of decalcomania
First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above
- underneath it all
- underneaths
- undernote
- undernoted
- undernotes
- undernoting
- undernourished
- undernourishes
- undernourishing
- undernourishment
- undernourishments
- undernutrition
- undernutritions
- underpaid
- underpaint
- underpainting
- underpaintings
- underpan
- underpants
- underpantses
- underpart
- underparts
- underpass
- underpasses
- underpay