boloney

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. pretentious or silly talk or writingSynonyms: baloneybilgewaterboshdroolhumbugtaradiddletarradiddletommyrottoshtwaddle
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

baloney \ba*lo"ney\, n.

1.[Believed to be derived form balogna, but perhaps also influenced by blarney.] nonsense; foolishness; bunk; -- also used as an interjection. [Also spelled boloney.] [slang] [PJC]

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney!— Al Smith.[PJC]

2.informal variant of bologna[2], for bologna sausage. [informal] [PJC]

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