malarkey

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • Unknown; perhaps from Greek μαλακός or μαλακία. 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.

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