baloney \ba*lo"ney\, n.
1. [Believed to be derived form balogna, but perhaps also
influenced by blarney.] nonsense; foolishness; bunk; --
also used as an interjection. [Also spelled boloney.]
[slang]
[PJC]
No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney!
--Al Smith.
[PJC]
2. informal variant of bologna[2], for bologna sausage.
[informal]
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
boloney
n : pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, bilgewater,
bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle,
tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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