malarkey
/məˈlɑːki
/noun [mass noun] informal
Meaningless talk; nonsense: don’t give me that malarkey...
- All of us in the band are having to learn about this showbiz malarkey as we go along.
- Hopefully the new system will be worth this small loss, particularly if it brings an end to that irritating 400 character limit malarkey.
- Not surprisingly, given our growing national devotion to mystical malarkey, Irish people are flocking to this supernatural health centre.
Origin
1920s: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- new year
- New Year's
- New Year's Day
- New Year's Eve
- New Year's gift
- New Year's Honors
- New Year's Honours
- New Year's resolution
- Newyorican
- New York
- New Yorker
- New Yorkerish
- New Yorkerism
- New Yorkese
- New York fern
- New Yorkish
- New York minute
- New York shield fern
- New Yorky
- New York-y
- newzak
- New Zealand
- New Zealand ash
- New Zealand death
- New Zealand English