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Bookmark or Share- What is the source of the phrase "phony baloney"?1894, variant of bologna sausage (q.v.). As slang for "nonsense," 1922, American English (popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith; in this sense sometimes said to have been one of the coinages of legendary "Variety" staffer Jack Conway), from earlier sense of "idiot" (by 1915), perhaps influenced by blarney, but usually regarded as being ...
- What is a common word that describes men who don't attract women@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 established meaning that could fit in the context of OP's question. Thanks for the feedback, though. –
- pronunciation - Why is quixotic pronounced as it is? - English Language ...I (British) have only ever heard the "quick-sottic" pronunciation and never the other. I have associated this with the fact that up to forty or fifty years ago, everybody who didn't know Spanish (which was nearly everybody in the UI) pronounced the title as if it was English; in fact they did so with most foreign names they came across, except perhaps French ones.
- Why is the word 'bologna' pronounced like 'baloney'?Here the noun seems to be "Bologna sausage," with Bologna performing much the same role as Brussels in "Brussels sprouts." The word bologna spelled with a lowercase b and standing alone as a noun referring to a type of sausage appears no later than 1903, although (as noted earlier) baloney also appears by itself by that date.
- What is the difference between illegal and unlawful?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 historically tended to be about the law-- they're lawyer talk, full of baloney (Bologna). –
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