baloney

Phonetic spelling of bologna.

• boloney
• bologna
• polony

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈləʊni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈloʊni/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -əʊni

baloney (countable and uncountable, plural baloneys)

1. A type of sausage; bologna.

• Bologna sausage
• mortadella

•   Bologna sausage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• balonie (UK)
• bologna
• boloney

baloney (uncountable)

2. (uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.

   That's a bunch of baloney! I don't believe one word!

• See also Thesaurus:nonsense.

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

• Appendix:Words from Variety

• Boylean, Lebonya