malarkey

== English == === Alternative forms === malachy, malarky, mallarky, mullarkey === Etymology === Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922. Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈlɑːki/ (General American) IPA(key): /məˈlɑɹki/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ki Hyphenation: ma‧lar‧key === Noun === malarkey (plural (rare) malarkeys) (originally US, informal) Nonsense; rubbish. [from 1920s] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === malarkey (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “malarkey, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. Michael Quinion (August 26, 2006), “Malarkey”, in World Wide Words. === Anagrams === yarmalke, yarmelka