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baloney

[buh-loh-nee] / bəˈloʊ ni /
NOUN
nonsense
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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And while conventional wisdom says you should always cook what you know when hosting, I think that’s baloney.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Graham Barrows, a financial crime expert and presenter of The Dark Money Files podcast, told the BBC the adverts themselves, and the social media accounts sharing the content, were all "baloney".

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

“And he also understands that if you start fooling your shareholders, you will soon believe your own baloney and be fooling yourself as well,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

The only person getting this answer: Our job is not to judge, look down our nose, talk about “unsophisticated” and how — that’s such baloney.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2024

“Say,” I said, “where does baloney come from, anyway?”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli




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