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Auntie Bush

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12. Romney/Malarkey sounds good to me.

Reply to gollygee (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:44 PM

Oct 2012

We should start calling him Malarkey when referring to Ryan. Everyone would know who we are talking about. I love the definitions of Malarkey...they all fit him to a tee!

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Isn't Malarkey actually Irish for Bullshit....or what?? [View all] Playinghardball Oct 2012 OP

I always understood it to be more in the sense of childish nonsense. hedgehog Oct 2012 #1

It carries far H2O Man Oct 2012 #2

mal = bad; arkey = person from Arkansas Speck Tater Oct 2012 #3

Hey.... murray hill farm Oct 2012 #10

I like how he used "stuff" instead of "shit". nt valerief Oct 2012 #4

Synonyms from Merriam-Webster - pinto Oct 2012 #5

I think it's actually an Americanism... n/t HereSince1628 Oct 2012 #6

I looked up the entymology and it was unknown gollygee Oct 2012 #7

Romney/Malarkey sounds good to me. Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #12

It generally means . . . fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #8

Possibly from lark in the sense of 'having a lark' DevonRex Oct 2012 #11

OED says "originally US, origin unknown" with the earliest citation from 1929. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #9