baloney

noun
/bəˈləʊni/UK/bəˈloʊni/CA/bəˈləʉni/

Etymology

Origin unclear. Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps simply from bologna (“sausage”), possibly used as a minced oath for bullshit.

Definitions

  1. A type of sausage

    A type of sausage; bologna.

  2. Nonsense.

    • That's a bunch of baloney! I don't believe one word!
  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA