malarkey
/məˈlɑːki
/noun [mass noun] informal
Meaningless talk; nonsense: don’t give me that malarkey...
- All of us in the band are having to learn about this showbiz malarkey as we go along.
- Hopefully the new system will be worth this small loss, particularly if it brings an end to that irritating 400 character limit malarkey.
- Not surprisingly, given our growing national devotion to mystical malarkey, Irish people are flocking to this supernatural health centre.
Origin
1920s: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- counteractive
- counteragent
- counterargument
- counter-attack
- counter-attacker
- counter-attraction
- counterbalance
- counterblast
- counterblow
- counterbore
- counterchange
- countercharge
- countercheck
- counterclaim
- counterclockwise
- counter-conditioning
- countercultural
- counterculture
- countercurrent
- countercurrently
- countercyclical
- counterdemonstration
- counter-espionage
- counterexample
- counterfactual