malarkey

English

Alternative forms

• malarky
• mullarkey

Etymology

Of unknown origin. May be somebody's name.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /məˈlɑɹ.ki/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ki

Noun

malarkey (uncountable)

1. Nonsense; rubbish.

   I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:nonsense

Translations

nonsense; rubbish

• Finnish: roska (fi), puutaheinää (fi), humpuuki (fi)
• German: Quatsch m, Unsinn m, Unfug m, Mumpitz m, Humbug m
• Greek: malakies f pl, malakia f, probably the origin of malarky .
• Polish: bzdura f, humbug m

• Romanian: fleacuri (ro) n pl, prostii (ro) f pl, nimicuri (ro) n pl, nonsens (ro) n
• Russian: чушь (ru) (čušʼ) f
• Spanish: payasadas f pl, majaderías f pl, sandeces f pl