Dictionary

baloney en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /bəˈloʊni/ (Canada, US)
• audio Queensland
• /bəˈləʉni/ (Australia)
• /bəˈləʊni/ (UK)

Etymology

Phonetic spelling of bologna.

Meanings

1. (countable, informal, uncountable) A type of sausage; bologna.

Forms

Synonyms

mortadella · Bologna sausage

Translations (16)

hu parizer (type of smoked sausage) · hu párizsi (type of smoked sausage) · ca mortadel·la (type of smoked sausage) · pl mortadela (type of smoked sausage) · nap murtadella (type of smoked sausage) · hu mortadella (type of smoked sausage) · ky болбогон нерсе (type of smoked sausage) · it mortadella (type of smoked sausage) · nap murtatella (type of smoked sausage) · pt mortadela (type of smoked sausage) · de Mortadella (type of smoked sausage) · ky бекер сөз (type of smoked sausage) · de Fleischwurst (type of smoked sausage) · es mortadela (type of smoked sausage) · de Lyoner (type of smoked sausage) · fi lauantaimakkara (type of smoked sausage)

baloney en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Origin unclear. Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps simply from bologna (“sausage”), possibly used as a minced oath for bullshit.

Meanings

1. (US, slang, uncountable) Nonsense.
   • That's a bunch of baloney! I don't believe one word!

Forms

Deriveds

globaloney · baloney pony · balonium · no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney · phony-baloney

Translations (28)

cs blbost (nonsense — see also nonsense) · cmn 胡扯 (nonsense — see also nonsense) · nl nonsens (nonsense — see also nonsense) · cs nesmysl (nonsense — see also nonsense) · cs blbosti (nonsense — see also nonsense) · ru колбасня (nonsense — see also nonsense) · it idiozia (nonsense — see also nonsense) · it sciocchezza (nonsense — see also nonsense) · pl nonsens (nonsense — see also nonsense) · es farfolla (nonsense — see also nonsense) · es chuminada (nonsense — see also nonsense) · de Quatsch (nonsense — see also nonsense) · bg глу́пости (nonsense — see also nonsense) · es inventos (nonsense — see also nonsense) · ota صاچمه (nonsense — see also nonsense) · es chorrada (nonsense — see also nonsense) · de Unsinn (nonsense — see also nonsense) · la gerrae (nonsense — see also nonsense) · de Schwachsinn (nonsense — see also nonsense) · nl onzin (nonsense — see also nonsense) · cs nesmysly (nonsense — see also nonsense) · cmn 鬼話 /鬼话 (nonsense — see also nonsense) · it stupidaggine (nonsense — see also nonsense) · de Käse (nonsense — see also nonsense) · la nūgae (nonsense — see also nonsense) · es tonterías (nonsense — see also nonsense) · el αερολογίες (nonsense — see also nonsense) · it fesseria (nonsense — see also nonsense)