Malarkey (Noun)
Meaning
Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The politician's promise to fix the economy in a month was just a bunch of malarkey designed to get votes.
- The salesman's claims that the product would change my life were just so much malarkey and I didn't buy it.
- I'm tired of hearing politicians' malarkey about the state of the country and just want to hear real solutions.
- The self-help guru's advice was mostly malarkey and couldn't be applied to real-life situations.
- After listening to the manager's malarkey about the company's "strong future", I knew I had to start looking for a new job.