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Baloney vs Hooey - What's the difference?

baloney | hooey |

Hooey is a synonym of baloney.



As nouns the difference between baloney and hooey

is that baloney is a type of smoked sausage; bologna while hooey is silly talk or writing; nonsense.

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

    hooey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hooie

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang) Silly talk or writing; nonsense.
    • I heard his speech. It sounded like a whole lot of hooey to me.
  • * 2006 , Ronald H. Hoffman (with Sidney Stevens), How to Talk with Your Doctor: The Guide for Patients and Their Physicians Who Want to Reconcile and Use the Best of Conventional and Alternative Medicine , ReadHowYouWant.com (2008), pages 216–217:
    • For many doctors, meditation resides in the realm of New Age hooey —okay for Indian yogis and students of Eastern religion, but not suitable for scientific study.
  • * 2010 , Kate Sheppard, " Outgoing GOPer Slams Climate Denying Colleagues", Mother Jones , 18 November 2010:
    • Unburdened by the prospect of another campaign, Inglis, in this final hearing, spared no scorn for climate change deniers in his own party and beyond, suggesting that they continue to ignore global warming at their own peril. "I would also suggest to my free enterprise colleagues—especially conservatives here—whether you think it’s all a bunch of hooey , what we've talked about in this committee, the Chinese don’t," the South Carolina Republican said in his opening remarks. "And they plan on eating our lunch in this next century."
  • * 2011 October 13, Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari, "The Russian Rocket Reaction", episode 5-5 of , 00:16:47–00:17:00:
  • *:Sheldon Cooper: I did, but I think I've kind of outgrown Star Trek . You know, stock characters, ludicrous plots, beam me up. What a load of hooey .

    • Synonyms

    * See also