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
- reelerman
- re-elevate
- re-elevation
- reel-fed
- reel-footed
- Reelfoot Lake
- re-eligibility
- re-eligible
- underfur
- undergarment
- undergird
- underglaze
- undergo
- undergrad
- undergraduate
- underground
- underground economy
- underground mutton
- Underground Railroad
- undergrowth
- under guard
- underhand
- underhanded
- underhandedly
- underhandedness