Meaning & use
malarkey
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speech or writing that is foolish, meaningless, or untrue; nonsense.
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He dismissed the rumor as pure malarkey.
Stop feeding me that malarkey and tell me what really happened.
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Malarkey is an informal, somewhat old-fashioned word often associated with American English.
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