baloney

noun — 2 senses

baloney

noun

UK /bəˈləʊni/ · CA, US /bəˈloʊni/

Etymology Phonetic spelling of bologna.

Informal A type of sausage; bologna.

Synonyms: Bologna sausage, mortadella

baloney

noun

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

US, Slang Nonsense.

That's a bunch of baloney! I don't believe one word!

Derived terms: baloney pony, balonium, no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney, globaloney, phony-baloney

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