Definitions
Etymologies
- Of unknown origin. May be somebody's name. (Wiktionary)
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I can bet we're going to hear the word malarkey a lot as well.”
“Allen, did you use the word malarkey in that discussion?”
“But I’m glad it’s happened, I’ve always wanted to use the word malarkey; besides, there are plenty of people who haven’t got an ounce of faith.”
“Minyard believes criticism of coroners is "malarkey" -- in fact, he doesn't believe coroners even need a high-school diploma to do the job.”
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“I'm sure she knows that's "malarkey" - to steal a common Biden word - but she said it anyway.”
“And I can't really argue with Adam Quigley when he says it replicated the feelings of childhood, because that's subjective, but to say it captures the spirit of the book is just plain malarkey.”
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“Griffin wouldn't have dared to make that comment in front of Mark Roberts, or any other knowledgeable debunker of his malarkey, which is why he's never accepted an invitation to appear with him publicly.”
“Here are five reasons for calling malarkey on all this pessimism:”
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“As the user name suggests, I am new to all this Linux malarkey … and I use that term malarkey with no disrespect to any of the disto's and of course PCLOS, but just to make it very clear what my entrance level is.”
“It's "malarkey" that Skilled Healthcare could find the wording confusing, Michael Thamer, an attorney for one of the three firms representing the plaintiffs, told the jury.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘malarkey’.
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This is not a list
you know that thing where the Eskimos have 50 words for snow?
little white lie, big lie, the Big Lie, economical with t..., muddy the waters, fabrication, deception, lies, damned lies..., façade, slander, omission, web of lies and 159 more...
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LQTM
Words that make me Laugh Quietly to Myself (its more honest) or refer to humor.
antiphrasis, lucus a non lucendo, abderian, pantagruelism, Rabelaisian, copypasta, take my wife, please, muchacha, jocoserious, lusus naturae, punster, numnuts and 9 more...
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Origin unknown
bamboozle, ballyhoo, banter, bludgeon, chad, cocktail, culvert, curmugeon, dildo, dude, dweeb, dyke and 51 more...
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February 2012
filiopietistic, bifurcate, enclave, wedlock, decadent, unduly, defunct, lapel, tumescent, capitulation, leaden, scintilla and 83 more...
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Highfalutin Hubbub
Descriptive interjections, intensifiers,sounds, smells and hullabaloo. Fanfare at its finest.
fusillade, Popocatépetl, vexatious, malarkey, miasma, epiphenomenon, dyadic, cavort, lumpenproletariat, gerrymandering, la-di-da, maraud and 8 more...
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EN - US buzzwords of 2012
As seen on http://www.vocabulary.com/articles/wordroutes/the-year-in-words-2012-edition/
voucherize, voucher, selfie, unskew, phablet, muppet, YOLO, MOOC, Grexit, red line, doxing, malarkey and 20 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 58 more...
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Nonsense
Synonyms of "nonsense"
tomfoolery, balderdash, poppycock, lalapalooza, hullabaloo, hodgepodge, gibberish, shenanigans, hootenanny, jabberwocky, gobbledygook, mummery and 21 more...
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Verecund, flivver, etc
Just some words I happen to enjoy. Some thread-worn, some not.
yegg, yob, verecund, amatory, fermata, threepenny, gruntled, flivver, gamboge, decolletage, ordure, nudnik and 173 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
thekatespanos's list
pomposity, gaggle, scintilla, lemming, bilk, vanquish, conflate, plenary, verisimilitude, perspicacious, rattletrap, obdurate and 325 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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kenspeckle's Words
kenspeckle, milquetoast, effluvium, kaboom, maelstrom, ennui, alpenglow, defenestration, schadenfreude, autochthonous, obstreperous, lachrymose and 124 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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All Those Jazz Words
Words coined or popularized during the Roaring '20s.
back-seat driver, jalopy, step on it, cop a plea, fuzz, gimmick, hijack, speakeasy, to take (someone)..., cockeyed, scofflaw, shellacked and 74 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for malarkey.
fbharjo Walt Kelly's name for McCarthy in in Pogo comic strip Oct 24, 2008
jennarenn Yay! I am so delighted to rediscover that this word. Miss Malarkey is a fictional elementary teacher who puts up with a lot of nonsense herself. My favorite book is the original, Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10. Jun 8, 2007
seanahan Dave Chappelle uses this word when he plays white characters. Feb 23, 2007