How to pronounce malarkey
American English pronunciation
muh-LAR-kee
- IPA
- /məˈlɑɹki/
- Syllables
- muh · LAR · kee (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What malarkey means
Exaggerated talk that nobody should believe
In a sentence: Uncle Joe's story about wrestling a bear is pure malarkey.
Where it comes from: Nobody knows where it comes from. A cartoonist named Tad Dorgan made it popular in his cartoons starting in 1922.
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