cockamamie

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That was completely cockamamie -- the opposite is true.

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  1. adjective Slang Trifling; nearly valueless.
  2. adjective Slang Ludicrous; nonsensical: gave me a cockamamie reason for not going.

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  • Gabe never heard of Herman or his cockamamie backstory before a reporter who had been investigating the matter for 2 months, based in Taiwan, go figure, called Gabe up at midnight and badgered, pestered and cajoled him for three days and nights into agreeing to take on this "assignment". —  Jossip
  • The ABA accredits schools because they run into antitrust problems when they play games with the accreditation process - not because of the cockamamie, race-based conspiracy theory in your posts. —  Above the Law
  • That was completely cockamamie -- the opposite is true. —  Extra! Extra!
  • "Illinois should be learning from the best practices of other states rather than set up some kind of cockamamie system." —  The State Journal-Register Home RSS
  • And his advocacy for his cockamamie civilian national security force of community organizers could be exposed too. —  THE IRATE NATION
 

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  1. Probably alteration of decalcomania.
 

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