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
- ill-considered
- ill-defined
- ill-deserved
- ill-disciplined
- Antarctic Ocean
- Antarctic Peninsula
- Antarctic petrel
- Antarctic Pole
- Antarctic Sea
- Antarctic toothfish
- Antarctic Treaty
- Antarctic wolf
- Antares
- antbear
- antbird
- ant cap
- ant-catcher
- ant cow
- ante
- ante-
- anteater
- antebellum
- antecede
- antecedence
- antecedent