baloney

English

Etymology 1

Modification of bologna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bəˈləʊni/
• Rhymes: -əʊni

Alternative forms

• boloney

Noun

baloney (plural baloneys)

1. (countable) A type of smoked sausage; bologna.

Synonyms

• Bologna sausage
• bologna
• mortadella

Translations

type of smoked sausage

• German: Fleischwurst (de) f, Mortadella (de) f, Lyoner (de) f

• Spanish: mortadela (es) f

Etymology 2

From the Polari slang word balonie.

Alternative forms

• (UK) balonie

Noun

baloney (uncountable)

1. (uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.

Usage notes

Sometimes used in rhyme phony baloney.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:nonsense.

Derived terms

• no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney

Translations

nonsense

• Bulgarian: глупости (bg) (glúposti)
• Dutch: onzin (nl) m, nonsens (nl) m
• German: Quatsch (de) m, Käse (de) m

• Russian: колбасня (ru) (kolbasnja) f
• Spanish: chorrada (es) f

See also

• Appendix:Words from Variety