malarkey

Betekenis (Engels)

Nonsense; rubbish.

Sinonieme

malarky

nothingness

wind

jazz

idle words

grabass

lip service

empty talk

lallygag

bunk

Vertalings

Quatsch

Unfug

Unsinn

majaderías

Humbug

payasadas

Mumpitz

sandeces

conversa frívola

jeu brutal

aria fritta

sciocchezza

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/məˈlɑːki/

Etimologie (Engels)

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)