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- 3 dictionary resultsma⋅lar⋅key
[muh-lahr-kee] 
–noun Informal.
| speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey. |
Also, ma⋅lar⋅ky.
Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; orig. uncert.
1925–30, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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| ma·lar·key also ma·lar·ky (mə-lär'kē) n. Slang Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive: "snookered by a lot of malarkey" (New Republic). [Origin unknown.] |
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malarkey
"lies and exaggerations," 1929, Amer.Eng., of unknown origin. Sounds like someone's name.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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