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baloney

Date: Jul 20 2006

Quote

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“I always wanted to do something that celebrated or validated faith for someone of my age without seeming [like] a bunch of baloney.”

Director Kevin Smith, talking about his movie Dogma.

Definition

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nonsense; waste of time

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

Ever get the sense that someone is just full of baloney, that he doesn’t know what the heck he’s talking about?

To say that someone is full of baloney is to say that someone is full of nonsense and bad information. It’s a way of saying that someone does not know what he is talking about.

In the example above, Kevin Smith is saying that he wanted to make a movie about religous faith without filling it up with a lot of nonsense. He wanted to make a movie that was thoughtful, not one that was just full of baloney.

Examples

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“He’s full of baloney. Don’t listen to a word he says.”

Winners

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	the useless people, the people who can do nothing uesful or this word means fat people by liujinhibox
	nonsense by hossein99
	a bunch of baloney，that may indicate one being with Insolent talk or behavior， or one with impudence. by yorzi
	Something that doesn't have sense, bullshit by Patsak
	nonsense by Lindsay
	nonsense, rubbish by cougarcar1
	kind of something bad or not good by Marzouq
	Nonsense, rubbish by Helga
	A nonsense talking by Kakung
	nonsense by FSH
	i think it means rot. by anne123fm
	nonesense by hiyo
	nonsense, something useless by xiahong
	baloney means that you disapprove of an idea or a statement and think it is foolish or wrong. by punkyscoby
	something is not important by freetofly_th
	It means something that does not make sense, nonsense. by kamihero7
	it means not seem like a joker or buffoon who is showing something irrelevant, not related to people and their lives by neerja
	Baloney means a lot of empty words people talk about. A lot of promises are made but never are realised. bullshit, another way of baloney. by caocecile
	something that worthless by valley ranch
	something nonsense,meaningless by kai_ng1
	nonsense by mrgiba
	it means something like lies or nonsense by hellyera
	baloney - pointless talk and lies; nonsense. by vanja
	a lot of rubbish by MeganV
	nonsense Ita an expression of disagreement by david barcenas diaz
	I think that "a bunch of baloney" could mean a lot of silly attitudes(or even silly words). by glauce_gama2006
	to do a lot of nonsense by funny1000
	a bunch of fool or clowns by tj_brewed
	People who do nonsense things ir do things that don't fit with the situations. by Juanzzz
	nonsense... stupidity.... by anelise
	baloney means things are not true, it was not taken from the horse's mouth, like they say. (Crabs, false, or, bull...) Thanks, The Skipper by theskipper
	nonsense by hamed_l0ve2
	being unreasonable by smokeless flare
	baloney means nonsense,silly. by thuhuong
	Not confusing, clear. by Ro
	baloney means stupid or silly talk by vb_2328