malarkey

or ma·lar·ky

[ muh-lahr-kee ]
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nounInformal.
  1. speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.

Origin of malarkey

1
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; origin uncertain

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British Dictionary definitions for malarkey

malarkey

malarky

/ (məˈlɑːkɪ) /


noun
  1. slang nonsense; rubbish

Origin of malarkey

1
C20: of unknown origin

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