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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

“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

Antoni, who has a PhD in economics, has previously criticised the BLS, questioning its methodology and calling its statistics "phoney baloney".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

To non-lawyers, this may seem to cut the baloney mighty thin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

You can come with all the Michelin stars in the world, just give me baloney and brown bread and margarine and I’m in heaven.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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