malarkey

English

Alternative forms

• malarky
• mullarkey

Etymology

Of unknown origin. May be somebody's name.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /məˈlɑr.ki/

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ki

Noun

malarkey (uncountable)

1. (mass/uncountable) Nonsense; rubbish.

   I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:nonsense

Translations

Nonsense; rubbish.

Finnish: roska (fi), puutaheinää (fi), humpuuki (fi) German: Quatsch m., Unsinn m., Unfug m., Mumpitz m., Humbug m. Greek: malakies f. pl., malakia f., probably the origin of malarky .

Polish: bzdura f., humbug m. Spanish: payasadas f. pl., majaderías f. pl., sandeces f. pl.