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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
None of that naloxone up the schnozz and a quick 911 call malarkey here, kids.
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Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
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
That confusing, round-robin, group-style Olympic basketball malarkey is over!
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Will the 49ers go with the best-player-available malarkey from the draft or select players to fit specific roster needs?
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
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Henry Everingham, SPIN, 17 Oct. 2024
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
That confusing, round-robin, group-style Olympic basketball malarkey is over!
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
Will the 49ers go with the best-player-available malarkey from the draft or select players to fit specific roster needs?
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malarkey
Noun
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Everyone will be there — except Lydia, who Joseph dispatches on a nonsense errand to D.C.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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The sequel has more glamour, more trouble and maybe a bit too much nonsense 1 Comments The first Simple Favor, from 2018, was a playful, shallow mystery most notable for casting the lovely, languid Blake Lively as a cynical, devious clothes horse named Emily Nelson.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Living Better From blah to buoyant, these skills can improve your mood and optimism Why aim towards the ear?—
Andrea Muraskin,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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American Airlines is giving Midwesterners a new way to escape the winter blahs.—
Brandon Withrow,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2025
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Tiny terror is unleashed in this mini alien apocalypse as directors Robert Bisi and Andy Lyon pay loving tribute to classic sci-fi stories of alien invasion and human stupidity using tilt-shift techniques that make the end of the world look almost cute.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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Wodehouse had displayed nothing worse than the stupidity of the innocent.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Malarkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malarkey. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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