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Malarky/Malarkey

I was talking to someone in the hall at work today, and he was discussing a company policy that he thought was “Malarky” Now there’s a word I haven’t heard in many years, so I felt obligated to look it up – Here’s what I found:

Exaggerated or foolish talk, usually intended to deceive: “snookered by a lot of malarkey”

Nonsense; rubbish; absurd behaviour or talk

Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

insincere talk: nonsense or rubbish, especially insincere talk ( informal )

The origin of this word is probably Early 20th century.

It certainly is a word that takes the place of a lot of less pleasant words.

Have a nice day, and don’t take any malarky from anybody!