单词 | cockamamie |
释义 | cockamamie /kok"euh may'mee/, adj. Slang. ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas. Also, cockamamy. [‡1940-45, Amer.; in orig. sense, paper strip with an image which could be transferred to the skin when moistened, appar. alter. of DECALCOMANIA; sense "ridiculous" prob. by assoc. with COCK-AND-BULL STORY, POPPYCOCK, etc.] |
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