Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - baloney
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If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong. (mainly AM INFORMAL) That’s a load of baloney. = rubbish, garbage N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. variant of bologna II. noun also boloney Etymology: bologna Date: 1922 pretentious nonsense ; bunkum — often used as a generalized expression of disagreement ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. ам. болонская копченая колбаса 2. сл. чепуха, вздор, ерунда that is all baloney —- это все вздор ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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{n.}, {informal} Nonsense, unbelievable, trite, or trivial. * /John brags that he's won the $10 million lottery, and I think it's just a lot of baloney./ * /"Will you marry Joe?" mother asked. "Baloney," Susie answered with a disgusted look./ * /Do you still believe all that baloney about socialism excluding free enterprise? Look at China and Hungary./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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- slang for "nonsense" is 1922, U.S., from earlier sense of "idiot" (probably influenced by blarney), from bologna sausage, a type traditionally made from odds and ends, named for the city in Italy. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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