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Baloney vs Malarkey - What's the difference?

baloney | malarkey |

Malarkey is a synonym of baloney.



As nouns the difference between baloney and malarkey

is that baloney is a type of smoked sausage; bologna while malarkey is nonsense; rubbish.

baloney

English

Etymology 1

Modification of bologna .

Alternative forms

* boloney * bologna

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable) A type of smoked sausage; bologna.
    • Synonyms
    * see bologna

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps simply from , possibly used as a minced oath for bull .

    Alternative forms

    * balonie (UK) * boloney

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable, chiefly, US, slang) Nonsense.
    • Usage notes
    Sometimes used in rhyme phony baloney .
    Synonyms
    * See also .
    Derived terms
    * * globaloney

    See also

    * English Polari slang English terms with multiple etymologies

    malarkey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mallarky * malarky * mullarkey

    Noun

    (-)
  • Nonsense; rubbish.
    • ''I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.

    Synonyms

    * See also