baloney

ba·lo·ney

A plate of baloney.

noun

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

bologna sausage
Slang foolish or exaggerated talk or behavior; nonsense

Origin of baloney

altered from bologna, sausage

Slang nonsense

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baloney

noun

pl. ba·lo·neys

Variant 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 bullshit

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Noun

(plural baloneys)

(countable) A type of smoked sausage; bologna.

Origin

Modification of bologna.

Noun

(uncountable)

(uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.

Usage notes

Sometimes used in rhyme phony baloney.

Origin

Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps from Irish. Alternatively, perhaps simply an from bologna, balony (“sausage”).

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