malarkey

noun

ma·​lar·​key mə-ˈlär-kē How to pronounce malarkey (audio)
variants or less commonly malarky
: insincere or foolish talk : bunkum
He thinks that everything politicians say is a bunch of malarkey.

Examples of malarkey in a Sentence

He thinks everything politicians say is just a bunch of malarkey. the old lady declared that everything politicians say is pure malarkey
Recent Examples on the Web You were fed the same load of malarkey about soccer — right up until Orlando City stepped up and paid for its own stadium. Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024 There’s a lot of malarkey but also shreds of promise in trying to move beyond the smartphone. Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024 That’s some malarkey. Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022 And that’s no malarkey. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2021 Enough with the malarkey. John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020 The technology shown in the video is plausible, but basically everything else is a bunch of malarkey. IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2017 The Davis story would have been key to not repeating the malarkey. cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022 The Markey malarkey came on the heels of another rash Musk tweet. Steven Levy, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of malarkey was in 1923

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“Malarkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malarkey. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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