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malarkey Definition

ma·lar·key (mə lär)

noun

Slang insincere, meaningless, or deliberately misleading talk; nonsense

Etymology: < ?

malarkey Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • walk: Anyway, enough of this walking malarkey, its back to the station for hot showers and a square meal.

Adjective modifier

  • whole: Next step for us is to shake it all up a bit and take this whole malarkey a hell of a lot more seriously.
  • pesky: If they were to tell the truth about electoral reform, that pesky democracy malarkey would just get in their way.

Noun used with modifier

  • democracy: If they were to tell the truth about electoral reform, that pesky democracy malarkey would just get in their way.
  • podcasting: If you're still not really sure about all this podcasting malarkey, let us just clarify.
  • exam: You know how I've been in ' light blogging ' mode because of all that exam malarkey.

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