Baloney is a modification of bologna, used to mean both the smoked sausage and nonsense. The pronunciation of bologna, when used to refer the smoked sausage is similar to the …

Oct 22, 2014 · The term baloney means Foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense: typical salesman’s baloney [corruption of bologna] [Oxford Dictionaries Online] Etymonline provides the following …

baloney; bologna. For the word meaning "nonsense," baloney is the spelling—e.g., "Much of what the world thinks it knows about this dish (or dishes, for they are myriad) is a bunch of baloney …

Because while that is technically the correct spelling for each word, but as a phrase it doesn't seem to work well together. It lacks symmetry (Hippie vs. Dippy) and uses the extremely rare …

Apr 14, 2016 · 3 How about talking a lot of baloney? baloney Slang. foolishness; nonsense Origin of baloney: 1915-20, Americanism; alteration of bologna, with substitution of -ey for final …

Jul 28, 2018 · You might as well ask why the g is “silent” in the Italian city of Bologna, pronounced of course with a geminated or “long” /ɲ/ in Italian or as /nj/ in English.

Unlawful and lawful are good, stout Anglo-Saxon words that tend to be of the law -- that is, they are used in statute -- while illegal and legal are fine, robust Latinate words that have …

Sep 9, 2012 · @dwjohnston Regardless of the validity of being "friend-zoned" (personally, I think the concept is bologna and misogynistic), the term is part of the vernacular and has an …

In English, we use a la carte and a la mode, but it is also common for people to add their own word to the basic construction. For example, one might comment on someone's dancing: He …

Dec 28, 2013 · Since "quixotic" was coined with Don Quixote as its basis, why is it pronounced "kwicks-OTT-ick" when it should by rights/origin be pronounced "Key-HO-tick"? It even sounds …