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also malarky
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
the old lady declared that everything politicians say is pure malarkey
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Recent Examples of malarkey
Will the 49ers go with the best-player-available malarkey from the draft or select players to fit specific roster needs?
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Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
You were fed the same load of malarkey about soccer — right up until Orlando City stepped up and paid for its own stadium.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
There’s a lot of malarkey but also shreds of promise in trying to move beyond the smartphone.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
The Markey malarkey came on the heels of another rash Musk tweet.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
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Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
You were fed the same load of malarkey about soccer — right up until Orlando City stepped up and paid for its own stadium.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
There’s a lot of malarkey but also shreds of promise in trying to move beyond the smartphone.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
The Markey malarkey came on the heels of another rash Musk tweet.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for malarkey
Noun
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Just ask anyone who's watched an AI confidently spit out nonsense—or worse.—
Bob Ras,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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While Drop, clocking in at an economical 93 minutes, may sound like fun and games, there’s something deeper and more human at its core than mindless nonsense.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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American Airlines is giving Midwesterners a new way to escape the winter blahs.—
Brandon Withrow,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2025
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The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Trump himself personifies stupidity’s essential feature — self-satisfaction, an inability to recognize the flaws in your thinking.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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These deaths come on the heels of the equally bizarre and jarring death of Adult Lottie (Simone Kessell) which brings us to four adult survivors dead, though Adult Travis died offscreen (sparking a really fascinating mystery that ended in sheer stupidity and disappointment).—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Malarkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/malarkey. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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