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ba⋅lo⋅ney

  [buh-loh-nee]
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–noun
1. Slang. foolishness; nonsense.
2. Informal. bologna.
–interjection
3. Slang. nonsense.
Also, boloney.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; 1925–30 for def. 2; alter. of bologna, with substitution of -ey 2 for final schwa
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ba·lo·ney 1   (bə-lō'nē)   
n.   pl. ba·lo·neys
Variant of bologna.
ba·lo·ney 2 also bo·lo·ney   (bə-lō'nē)   
n.  Nonsense.
interj.  Used to express disagreement or exasperation.

[Alteration (influenced by baloney1) of bullshit.]
bo·lo·gna   (bə-lō'nē, -nə, -nyə)   
n.  A seasoned smoked sausage made of mixed meats, such as beef, pork, and veal.

[After Bologna.]
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baloney 
slang for "nonsense," 1922, Amer.Eng. (popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith), from earlier sense of "idiot" (probably influenced by blarney), usually regarded as being from bologna sausage, a type traditionally made from odds and ends, named for the city in Italy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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