codology

== English == === Etymology === From cod +‎ -ology. === Noun === codology (countable and uncountable, plural codologies) (Ireland, colloquial) Hoaxing, humbugging, bluffing, deception. 6 June 2004, Hugh Leonard, A night with Hilton and Michael, Sunday Independent: Being an Englishman, Hilton had no time for codology. ==== Synonyms ==== kidology === References === Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) “codology”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.