phony-baloney

[foh-nee-buh-loh-nee]

noun

1. nonsense; baloney.

adjective

1. nonsensical; foolish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of phony-baloney¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

They could all coexist in the same swirl of chaos — belief over logic, loyalty over evidence, vibes over value — what Rush Limbaugh used to call a “phony-baloney plastic banana good-time rock-and-roll” kind of thing.

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So yes, it’s really important that we confirm these judges, but we also have to keep an absolute laser focus on this phony-baloney railway that gets the issues that the right wing wants to litigate into the right court so that they can move up to the Supreme Court.

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All they have to do to get a shot at a life-changing payout is register — which state and federal law rightly make very easy — and sign Musk’s phony-baloney petition.

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And he's had it with "phony-baloney" narratives on the left, and insists that a tax break designed to keep wealthy people in Northeast Corridor states, where their taxes fund the Democratic agenda, is a "progressive" policy.

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Late in life, Shultz was one of several prominent individuals sucked in by the razzle-dazzle of Elizabeth Holmes and her phony-baloney blood-testing firm Theranos.

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