baloney; bologna. For the word meaning "nonsense," baloney is the spelling—e.g., "Much of what the world thinks it knows about this dish (or dishes, for they are myriad) is a bunch of baloney (from …

Baloney is a modification of bologna, used to mean both the smoked sausage and nonsense. The pronunciation of bologna, when used to refer the smoked sausage is similar to the pronunciation of …

Oct 22, 2014 · The basic baloney also inspired such variations as phoney-baloney, the fake Latin phonus-balonus, and globaloney (global + baloney). .. Are you looking for evidence of first usage or …

Jun 8, 2022 · Under the hat, which had a kind of Sunday Maryleabonne cock to it, there bulged out a might White Periwig of fleecy curls, for all the world like the coat of a Bologna Poodle Dog, and in the …

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Very interesting question! Maybe worth noting that in French it’s ‘à la…’ (with a grave accent on the ‘a’), and even in the English casual use the accent is quite often retained.

Feb 29, 2016 · What is the common expression for having a rich person's taste and poor person's budget?

Sep 9, 2012 · I voted to reopen this. The question is specific enough - we want a word that means "unlucky in love" or "involuntarily without a girlfriend". The OP specifically mentioned courtship, as …

Unlawful and lawful are good, stout Anglo-Saxon words that tend to be of the law -- that is, they are used in statute -- while illegal and legal are fine, robust Latinate words that have historically tended to be …

Apr 14, 2016 · 3 How about talking a lot of baloney? baloney Slang. foolishness; nonsense Origin of baloney: 1915-20, Americanism; alteration of bologna, with substitution of -ey for final schwa …