cockamamy

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"She's coming up with some cockamamy story that she was kidnapped, when we all know it's false."

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  • Without even glancing at the pages, Evans sent them to Paramount's business department, along with a pay order, and never expected to see Puzo, much less his cockamamy novel, again.
  • Jack, ... the media seems to Have such cockamamy delusions that they are going to somehow —  WordPress.com News
  • They're fun for about two minutes, then you realize that companies file patents for every cockamamy idea that R&D devises. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Counting the eclipse of Freud and his more cockamamy ideas as a very positive development, I want to make it clear that I'd never advocate a return to that mythology. —  feminist blogs
  • But at hearings designed to discuss the particulars of climate policy, Republican representatives and their witnesses have been bogging down the proceedings with skeptical rants and cockamamy theories. —  Grist - the Latest from Grist
 

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