baloney

baloney {n.}, {informal}

Nonsense, unbelievable, trite, or trivial.

John brags that he's won the $10 million lottery, and I think it's just a lot of baloney.

"Will you marry Joe?" mother asked. "Baloney," Susie answered with a disgusted look.

Do you still believe all that baloney about socialism excluding free enterprise? Look at China and Hungary.

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