malarkey

ma·lar·key | \ mə-ˈlär-kē

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variants: or less commonly malarky

Definition of malarkey

: insincere or foolish talk : bunkum He thinks that everything politicians say is a bunch of malarkey.

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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 That’s where working with the young progressive wing of the party instead of acting like their policies are a bunch of malarkey (to borrow his catchphrase) would come in handy. — Lily Herman, Teen Vogue, "Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden Need to Shift Their Campaign Strategies to Win," 4 Mar. 2020 If anything, last night reinforced our campaign's anti-malarkey stance. — NBC News, "Biden campaign touts success in 3 Iowa counties," 4 Feb. 2020 With the caveat that such maps are, for the most part, utter malarkey, Google Trends is back at it again for this year's Super Bowl. — Matt Bonesteel, Anchorage Daily News, "Super Bowl favorite food map is - once again - decadent and depraved," 1 Feb. 2020 The regulations are particularly less-than-ideal for the companies—malarkey, some might say—because the city is among their largest markets. — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, "Surprise! Uber and Lyft Don’t Like NYC’s New Ride-Hail Rules," 16 Aug. 2019 Boat-man 2 Hitman 2’s also got some release date malarkey going on. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "This week in games: Mythological Assassin's Creed monsters, Prima Games plans its last strategy guide," 9 Nov. 2018 The people who spread malarkey also often set up fake accounts or break basic community standards. — Nicholas Thompson, WIRED, "Exclusive: Facebook Opens Up About False News," 23 May 2018 Two nifty 20th-century words are malarkey (1929) and gobbledygook (1944). — Stephen Miller, WSJ, "What’s Another Word for Derp?," 29 May 2018 Some malarkey does get thrown into the mix: since his aims are frequently carnal, Lee’s mysticism can seem, even to him, like misdirection, or perhaps mood music. — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, "“The Undressing”: Poetry of Passion Laid Bare," 8 May 2017

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