Malarky (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 promises were just a bunch of malarky, empty words designed to sway the naive voter.
- Don't feed me that malarky about being too busy, I know you're just procrastinating.
- The used car salesman's smooth talk was just a load of malarky, he was just trying to get us to make a quick sale.
- After a while, his apologies and explanations just started sounding like a bunch of malarky.
- When my sibling makes those extravagant claims, it's all just malarky - you know it'll never actually happen.