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blar⋅ney

  [blahr-nee] noun, verb, -neyed, -ney⋅ing.
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–noun
1. flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery.
2. deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense; hooey: a lot of blarney about why he was broke.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to flatter or wheedle; use blarney: He blarneys his boss with the most shameless compliments.
Origin:
1760–70; after the hamlet Blarney, in Ireland; see Blarney stone
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blar·ney   (blär'nē)   
n.  

  1. Smooth, flattering talk.

  2. Deceptive nonsense.


[After the Blarney Stone in Blarney Castle, Blarney, Ireland.]
blar'ney v.
Blar·ney   (blär'nē)   
A village of southern Ireland near Cork. Blarney Castle (dating from the 15th century) is the site of the Blarney Stone, said to impart powers of eloquence and persuasion.
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Cultural Dictionary

blarney

Smooth, flattering talk, often nonsensical or deceptive. Based on an Irish legend that those who kiss the Blarney Stone will become skilled in flattery.

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Word Origin & History

blarney 
1796, from Blarney Stone (which is said to make a persuasive flatterer of any who kiss it), in a castle near Cork, Ireland; reached wide currency through Lady Blarny, the smooth-talking flatterer in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" (1766).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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