baloney

== English == === Etymology 1 === Phonetic spelling of bologna. ==== Alternative forms ==== boloney bologna polony ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈləʊni/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /bəˈloʊni/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /bəˈləʉni/ Rhymes: -əʊni ==== Noun ==== baloney (countable and uncountable, plural baloneys) A type of sausage; bologna. ===== Synonyms ===== Bologna sausage mortadella ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== Bologna sausage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === 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) bologna boloney ==== Noun ==== baloney (uncountable) (uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:nonsense. ===== Derived terms ===== baloney pony balonium no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney globaloney phony-baloney ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Words from Variety === Anagrams === Boylean, Lebonya