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
- hale
- Haleakala
- Hale, Edward Everett
- Hale, George Ellery
- Hale, Nathan
- haler
- halesome
- Halesowen
- Haley, Alex
- Haley, Bill
- Hale–Bopp
- half
- half a chance
- half a crown
- half a dozen
- half a loaf is better than no bread
- half-and-half
- half an eye
- half an hour
- half-arse
- half-arsed
- half-ass
- half-assed
- half back
- halfback