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malarkey

Pronunciation: /məˈlɑːki/

The English word “malarkey” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Nonsense; rubbish.

Etymology

Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922. Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes)

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