Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. nonsense; foolishness; bunk; -- also used as an interjection.
- n. informal variant of bologna{2}, for
bologna sausage .
WordNet 3.0
- n. pretentious or silly talk or writing
Etymologies
- Alteration (influenced by baloney1) of bullshit.
Examples
“But it is certainly a tribute to baloney and, by extension, to the Italian city of Bologna, of which the word baloney is a corruption, that Mr Kennedy found the expression so readily to hand in making his denial.”
“This is -- I don't think he used the word baloney, but I think that's as close to it as possible.”
“I turned my head in her direction, liking a challenge, as well as the word baloney (I was hungry), and found myself wishing I had a smart-sounding answer to give.”
“It is just as someone printed on here it isRepublicans, Independants printing most of their going to vote for the McCain baloney.”
Campaigns reject Bloomberg, ABC offer for televised town hall
“PAT LALAMA, INVESTIGATIVE J.URNALIST: It ` s called baloney A.J. I mean look, I have worked with the city attorney ` s office for years.”
“That's why it's baffling that reasonable politicians like U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, and former state Rep. Lorence Wenke, R-Richland, would not only go, but fail to call baloney when they see it.”
“People: Spears calls baloney on gossip by Suzanne Condie Lambert - Dec. 22, 2009 08: 11 AM”
“My mom, whose not that much into politics called baloney on them and she said they didn't want to get into an argument with the AA.”
“This is just that kind of baloney that finds it's way onto these boards, no?”
“The Republican governor launched the attack Monday evening, saying people should take notice of the " baloney " coming from New Jersey ' s senior senator.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘baloney’.
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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The Request Line
This is the place to add words you'd like Charles Harrington Elster to pronounce for you!
swingeing, affiant, dahlia, hydrangea, re, clematis, Nabokov, casu marzu, schadenfreudgeon, nefarious, mewl, manteion and 170 more...
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Trash Talk
Words that indicate meaningless, confusing or deceptive talk.
white noise, blarney, pidgin, jabber, bullshit, yadda yadda yadda, mishmash, farrago, gobbledygook, yammer, drivel, jargon and 18 more...
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Luncheon meats
Because I couldn't help myself. See luncheon.
olive loaf, baloney, salami, ham, roast beef, prosciutto, pimiento loaf, summer sausage, cotto salami, silver star’s blu..., spam, cheese loaf and 18 more...
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Expressions of disbelief or disagreement
bollocks, come off it, rubbish, as if, bullshit, guff, i don't believe it, are you mad, tosh, nonsense, garbage, bunkum and 51 more...
FreddyHill Baloney does not just mean bullshit. It's also the English name of kind of sausage originally from the city of Bologna in Italy. None of the listed definitions mention this but many of your images are incomprehensible if this is not understood.
This seems like a fun project. I look forward to its evolution! Jun 28, 2009