According to Oxford Dictionaries, malarkey is "meaningless talk; nonsense," it came into use in the 1920s and its specific origin is unknown. There is an Irish name — Mullarkey. But a connection from the name to the word hasn't been established.
How do you use the word malarkey?
Malarkey sentence example
- Anyway, enough of this walking malarkey , its back to the station for hot showers and a square meal. ...
- I would like to know what people think of this oldest chopper in the world malarkey ? ...
- Next step for us is to shake it all up a bit and take this whole malarkey a hell of a lot more seriously.
Where did the saying malarkey come from?
The word malarkey, meaning "insincere or exaggerated talk," originally found favor in Irish-American usage, though its exact origin remains unknown. We can likely thank a cartoonist of Irish descent, Thomas Aloysius Dorgan ("TAD" for short), for popularizing the word.
