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also malarky
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
the old lady declared that everything politicians say is pure malarkey
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Recent Examples of malarkey
This Karen Read expert full of malarkey Howie Carr: Crikey!
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Matt Stone, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
Behind the Nissan Leaf, a driver of an Audi was having none of this careful robot driving malarkey and overtook us both at speed and clearly with some frustration.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
There’s novelty but not much else with this musical about two vaudevillian sisters who hoof it to Broadway and find showtunes, out-of-nowhere story interludes that don’t fit and a ton of romantic malarkey.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
None of that naloxone up the schnozz and a quick 911 call malarkey here, kids.
—Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
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Matt Stone, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
Behind the Nissan Leaf, a driver of an Audi was having none of this careful robot driving malarkey and overtook us both at speed and clearly with some frustration.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
There’s novelty but not much else with this musical about two vaudevillian sisters who hoof it to Broadway and find showtunes, out-of-nowhere story interludes that don’t fit and a ton of romantic malarkey.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
None of that naloxone up the schnozz and a quick 911 call malarkey here, kids.
—Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malarkey
Noun
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Understanding the hilarity and nonsense of this comment can help understand why there is so much division in our country today.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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The dystopian extreme is AI model collapse, in which systems trained heavily on their own output begin to produce nonsense.—
R. Alexander Bentley,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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After iftar, the evening meal that breaks their daytime fast, families gather to watch their picks from the year’s crop of soap operas and political and historical dramas, snacking on sweets and nuts and drinking tea and coffee until late into the night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Tiger nuts may aid digestion, support weight loss, regulate blood sugar, boost heart and immune health, and reduce inflammation.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Piles of human scraps offer a bottomless buffet to wildlife, and to access that bounty, animals need to be bold enough to rummage through human rubbish but not so bold as to become a threat to people.—
Marina Wang,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Slater is a virtuosic physical actor, and his evocation of the mime’s precision, silliness, and grace—the elastic faces, the acrobatic tumbles, the fingers that bloom into flowers, then wilt, then bloom again — is painstaking and loving in its observance.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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There is plenty of silliness in this year’s commercials.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Schools currently consider animals as equipment to be repeatedly thrown in the garbage, while alternative methods are a one-time investment.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Barely present workers dragged garbage bins, arranged displays of crappy snacks, and wiped counters with slow, heavy movements.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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What l find tiresome is l feel l am continually getting advice from people about different treatments, meds, PT, how to walk, blah blah.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Switch Out Your Throw Pillows Bringing some new throw pillows into the mix can take your living room from blah to beautiful, designers say.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As to the famous fine line between stupid and clever, the stupidity and the cleverness are all but inextricable, and to the point.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Marco Bellocchio‘s six-episode Italian-language drama is a living nightmare of the past that doubles as an agonizing manifestation of the present — a potent reminder that widespread stupidity isn’t confined to a single time or place.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Malarkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malarkey. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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