====== 'Malarkey' etymology ====== >Malarkey (n.) also //malarky//, "lies and exaggerations, humbug," 1924, American English, of unknown origin. It also is an Irish surname. Meaning much the same thing at about the same time in U.S. slang was //ackamarackus//\\ \\ Source : [[https://www.etymonline.com/word/malarkey|Online Etymology Dictionary]] ''//Note:// The [[https://www.etymonline.com/|Online Etymology Dictionary]] maintains a free-access list of the origins of thousands of English words, a significant proportion of which are unknown''