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cockamamy

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

adjective more cockamamy · most cockamamy · cockamamie

  1. foolish, silly 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

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adj foolish

Deutschtöricht, unsinnig, blöd

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"cockamamy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cockamamy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cockamamy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cockamamy

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"cockamamy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cockamamy.

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@misc{cockamamy_2026,
  title = {cockamamy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cockamamy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}