baloney

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UK/bəˈləʊni/Canada, US/bəˈloʊni/Australia/bəˈləʉni/

noun

A type of sausage; bologna.

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

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Bologna sausagemortadellaboloneybilgewaterboshdroolhumbugtaradiddle
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Meanings

baloney1

nounbaloney (countable and uncountable, plural baloneys)

plural baloneys · alternative boloney · alternative bologna · alternative polony

  1. countableinformaluncountableA type of sausage; bologna.

    Synonyms: Bologna sausage, mortadella

baloney2

nounbaloney (uncountable)

alternative balonie · alternative bologna · alternative boloney

  1. USslanguncountableNonsense.

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

Baloney3

proper nounBaloney (plural Baloneys)

plural Baloneys

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of sausage; bologna.

Similar
Bologna sausagemortadella

More synonyms by meaning

nounpretentious or silly talk or writing

Similar
boloneybilgewaterboshdroolhumbugtaradiddletarradiddletommyrottoshtwaddle
Broader
nonsensebunknonsensicality
Also see
balderdashballoon juicebellywashbilgewaterblahblatherskitebollocksbolognaboshbullbullfuckbullshitbunkumbushwahclaptrapcodswallopdog shitdriveldroolflapdoodleflapdoodleryflim-flamflizzfudgegalimatiasgarbagegashhogwashhokumhorlickshorse cockhumbugjabberwockyjazzmacaronimalarkeymortadellamumbo jumbononsensepiffleprattlerigmarolerubbishshitshitolaskimble-skambletarradiddletommyrottoshtwaddlewasswhiff-whaffyarbles

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

baloney · noun

Phonetic spelling of bologna.

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baloney · noun

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

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Translations

Bulgarian глу́пости
  • глу́пости (glúposti)nonsense — see also nonsense
Catalan mortadel·la
  • mortadel·latype of smoked sausage
Chinese Mandarin 胡扯, 鬼話 /鬼话
  • 胡扯 (húchě)nonsense — see also nonsense
  • 鬼話 /鬼话 (guǐhuà)nonsense — see also nonsense
Czech blbost, blbosti
  • blbostnonsense — see also nonsense
  • blbostinonsense — see also nonsense
  • nesmyslnonsense — see also nonsense
  • nesmyslynonsense — see also nonsense
Dutch onzin, nonsens
  • onzinnonsense — see also nonsense
  • nonsensnonsense — see also nonsense
Finnish lauantaimakkara
  • lauantaimakkaratype of smoked sausage
German Fleischwurst, Mortadella
  • Fleischwursttype of smoked sausage
  • Mortadellatype of smoked sausage
  • Lyonertype of smoked sausage
  • Quatschnonsense — see also nonsense
  • Käsenonsense — see also nonsense
  • Unsinnnonsense — see also nonsense
  • Schwachsinnnonsense — see also nonsense
Greek αερολογίες
  • αερολογίες (aerologíes)nonsense — see also nonsense
Hungarian párizsi, parizer
  • párizsitype of smoked sausage
  • parizertype of smoked sausage
  • mortadellatype of smoked sausage
Italian mortadella, stupidaggine
  • mortadellatype of smoked sausage
  • stupidagginenonsense — see also nonsense
  • fesserianonsense — see also nonsense
  • idiozianonsense — see also nonsense
  • sciocchezzanonsense — see also nonsense
Latin nūgae, gerrae
  • nūgaenonsense — see also nonsense
  • gerraenonsense — see also nonsense
Polish mortadela, nonsens
  • mortadelatype of smoked sausage
  • nonsensnonsense — see also nonsense
Portuguese mortadela
  • mortadelatype of smoked sausage
Russian колбасня
  • колбасня (kolbasnja)nonsense — see also nonsense
Spanish mortadela, tonterías
  • mortadelatype of smoked sausage
  • tonteríasnonsense — see also nonsense
  • inventosnonsense — see also nonsense
  • chorradanonsense — see also nonsense
  • chuminadanonsense — see also nonsense
  • farfollanonsense — see also nonsense

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with baloney

sonytonyTonibolognastonytyronenoniJoniphonyabalonebonyoniBerlusconijoaniezambonicronyyonipalloneminestronecalzonemascarponeMaroneyamaronecony
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Anagrams

BoyleanLebonyaBolaney
Cite this entry
APA

baloney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baloney

MLA

“baloney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baloney. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baloney,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baloney.

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