Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Meaning for baloney


Defination : 1.foolish or exaggerated talk or behavior; nonsense. 2.bologna sausage


Etymology:slang for "nonsense," 1922, Amer.Eng. (popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith), from earlier sense of "idiot" (probably influenced by blarney), usually regarded as being from bologna sausage, a type traditionally made from odds and ends, named for the city in Italy.


Sentence: He was scolded by the teacher as he had been talking baloney for the whole entire day

Yeoh Jin Kai George From 1-8 (39)

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