Synonyms for baloney
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : buh-loh-nee |
| Phonetic Transcription : bəˈloʊ ni |
Définition of baloney
Origin :- 1894, variant of bologna sausage (q.v.). As slang for "nonsense," 1922, American English (popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith; in this sense sometimes said to have been one of the coinages of legendary "Variety" staffer Jack Conway), from earlier sense of "idiot" (by 1915), perhaps influenced by blarney, but usually regarded as being from the sausage, as a type traditionally made from odds and ends. It also was ring slang early 20c. for an inferior fighter.
- The aristocratic Kid's first brawl for sugar was had in Sandusky, Odryo, with a boloney entitled Young Du Fresne. He gave the green and nervous Kid a proper pastin' for six rounds and the disgusted Dummy sold me his find for a hundred bucks, leavin' the clubhouse just in time to miss seein' the boy get stung, get mad, and win by a knockout. [H.C. Witwer, "The Leather Pushers," "Colliers," Oct. 16, 1920]
- noun nonsense
- Sometimes I come close to thinking it's a lot of baloney trying to be any decent kind of Demon, even a good Entertainer.
- Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
- But you had been talking to some liar in Dallas who has been feeding you all this baloney about me.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- I am saying—and I am going to stick to my story—that Lee is an agent, then a lot of this is a lot of baloney.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Antonyms for baloney
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