cockamamy

cockamamy
cock·a·ma·my

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  • cockamamy — or cockamamie adjective Etymology: perhaps alteration of decalcomania Date: 1960 ridiculous, incredible < of all the cockamamy excuses I ever heard Leo Rosten > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cockamamy — adjective a) foolish, silly b) trifling …   Wiktionary

  • cockamamy — adjective ludicrous, foolish gave me a cockamamie reason for not going wore a goofy hat a silly idea some wacky plan for selling more books • Syn: ↑cockamamie, ↑goofy, ↑sappy, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock·a·ma·mie — ↑cockamamy …   Useful english dictionary

  • goofy — adj. foolish and silly, or appearing silly; as, he wore a goofy hat. Syn: cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(prenominal), sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cockamamie — adjective see cockamamy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Yinglish — This article is about English words in Yiddish. For the opposite, see Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews. Yinglish words are neologisms created by speakers of Yiddish in English speaking countries, sometimes to describe things that were… …   Wikipedia

  • Decalcomania — Decalcomania, from the French décalcomanie, is a decorative technique by which engravings and prints may be transferred to pottery or other materials. It was invented in England about 1750 and imported into the United States at least as early as… …   Wikipedia

  • The Wiz (film) — Infobox Film name = The Wiz amg id = 1:55009 imdb id = 0078504 director = Sidney Lumet writer = Joel Schumacher William F. Brown (original 1975 musical) starring = Diana Ross Michael Jackson Nipsey Russell Ted Ross Mabel King Theresa Merritt… …   Wikipedia

  • cockamamie — /kok euh may mee/, adj. Slang. ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas. Also, cockamamy. [‡1940 45, Amer.; in orig. sense, paper strip with an image which could be transferred to the skin when moistened,… …   Universalium

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