- bologna sausage
- Slang foolish or exaggerated talk or behavior; nonsense
Origin of baloney
altered from bologna, sausageSlang nonsense
baloney
ba·lo·ney 
A plate of baloney.
- The definition of baloney is another spelling for the meat bologna.
An example of baloney is a meat sausage that is sliced in thin circular slices and used on sandwiches.
- Baloney is defined as silliness or foolishness.
An example of something that is baloney are children playing pranks on each other.
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baloney
noun
pl. ba·lo·neysVariant of bologna
also bo·lo·ney Slang
noun
Nonsense.
interjection
Used to express disagreement or exasperation.
Origin of baloney
Alteration (influenced by baloney 1)of bullshitTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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