cockamamie

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A decal, a design that can be transferred to a surface.

   • Lo and behold, in full color there was a photograph of an old glass-paned hanging cupboard with clusters of strawberry, cherry, green grape and apple “cockamamies” pasted in the center of each pane.
2. 2

   A foolish or ridiculous person.

   • “What’s going down here, you cockamamies, we’re releasing two pictures this week about goddamn rich guys who get involved with their goddamn black tenants? What is this, an April Fool’s memo?”
3. 3

   Ridiculousness

   Ridiculousness; folly; foolish nonsense.

   • Most of his ideas were pure cockamamie. One of them, however, was a real beaut.
   • Among the items related to Liveliness, "Feel that I have a lot of inner strength" is positively keyed, making it an extroverted quality. Really? That's just cockamamie. What does inner strength have to do with introversion or extroversion?
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   1. 4

      Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.

      • Do not give any more cockamamie reasons for failing to complete your assignment.
      • Anyone arguing against even the most cockamamie idea, so long as that idea is supposed to benefit conservation, is viewed with suspicion, at best.
      • And I dare say it’ll get even more cockamamie.
   2. 5

      Trifling.

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