malarkey

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malarkey^¹

/məˈlɑːki/ UK
/məˈlɑɹki/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ki

Where it comes from

Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922.

Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes)

noun malarkeys · malachy · malarky · mallarky · mullarkey

informal Nonsense; rubbish. I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.
Similar: absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil, Bandini, baragouin

Malarkey^²

proper noun Malarkeys

A surname.

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noun nonsense; rubbish — see also nonsense

Español	majaderías, payasadas, sandeces, tonterías, sinsentido, majadería
Português	besteira, bobeira, rodela, disparate, nūga
Français	absurdité
Deutsch	Blödsinn, Humbug, Mumpitz, Quatsch, Schwachsinn, Unfug
Italiano	balla, cazzata, fandonia, senza senso
Ελληνικά	μαλακία malakía
Română	fleacuri, nimicuri, nonsens, prostii
Русский	чушь čušʹ, чепуха čepuxa

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@misc{malarkey_2026,
  title = {malarkey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/malarkey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}