baloney

See also: Baloney

English

Etymology 1

Modification of bologna.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈləʊni/
(General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈloʊni/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊni

Noun

baloney (countable and uncountable, plural baloneys)

A type of sausage; bologna.

Synonyms

see bologna

Translations

type of smoked sausage

Catalan: mortadel·la (ca) f
German: Fleischwurst (de) f, Mortadella (de) f, Lyoner (de) f
Italian: mortadella (it) f
Kyrgyz: бекер сөз (ky) f (beker söz), болбогон нерсе (ky) f (bolbogon nerse)
Spanish: mortadela (es) f

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

balonie (UK)
boloney

Noun

baloney (uncountable)

(uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.
That's a bunch of baloney! I don't believe one word!

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:nonsense.

Derived terms

Translations

nonsense — See also translations at nonsense

Bulgarian: глу́пости (bg) (glúposti)
Dutch: onzin (nl) m, nonsens (nl) m
German: Quatsch (de) m, Käse (de) m
Greek: αερολογίες (el) f or pl (aerologíes)
Italian: stupidaggine (it) f, fesseria (it) f, idiozia (it) f, sciocchezza (it) f
Latin: nūgae f pl, gerrae f pl
Polish: nonsens (pl)
Russian: колбасня (ru) f (kolbasnja)
Spanish: tonterías (es) f, inventos (es) m, chorrada (es) f, chuminada (es) f, farfolla (es) f

Anagrams

Boylean, Lebonya

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