cockamamy

English

Alternative forms

• cockamamie

Etymology

From Cockamamie (a marketing term for a child's rub-on tattoo), a deliberate mispronunciation of decalcomania.

Adjective

cockamamy (comparative more cockamamy, superlative most cockamamy)

1. foolish, silly
   • 2017, Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, 19:27 from the start, in Ozark, season 1, episode 8:

     Barb Petty (Maryann Urbano): For what? You can't buy squat with smiles. Roy Petty (Jason Butler Harner): Oh my god. You gave Uncle Jack money again, didn't you? Barb Petty: Eh, he's got some cockamamy idea. I don't know.

2. trifling

Translations

foolish

• German: töricht (de), unsinnig (de), blöd (de)