noun
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informal foolish talk; nonsense
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another name for bologna sausage
Etymology
Origin of baloney
1915–20, 1925–30 baloney for def. 2; alteration of bologna, with substitution of -ey 2 for final schwa
Example Sentences
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“And he also understands that if you start fooling your shareholders, you will soon believe your own baloney and be fooling yourself as well,” he wrote.
Antoni, who has a PhD in economics, has previously criticised the BLS, questioning its methodology and calling its statistics "phoney baloney".
From BBC
In a post on his blog, Knoepfler called Colossal’s claims “colossal baloney” and warned, “this kind of hype is toxic and harmful to science including public trust.”
From Los Angeles Times
The only person getting this answer: Our job is not to judge, look down our nose, talk about “unsophisticated” and how — that’s such baloney.
From Los Angeles Times
A sailor expressed doubt they would survive, to which Conter replied, “baloney.”
From Seattle Times
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