English
Alternative spellings
malarky
mullarkey
Etymology
Unknown
Usage note
Considered a very white word in the United States, its usage is stereotypically associated with people of Irish and Italian descent over 50.
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)ki|-��(r)ki
Noun
Wikisaurus-link|nonsense
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- (mass/uncountable) nonsense|Nonsense; rubbish.
#: ''I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.
Translations
German: Quatsch m, Unsinn m, Unfug m, Mumpitz m, Humbug m
Spanish: payasadas f|p, majaderÃas f|p, sandeces f|p
Greek: malakies f|p, malakia f, propably the origin of malarky .
Category:Unknown etymology
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