- 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. 2001.
cockamamy
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cockamamy — adjective a) foolish, silly b) trifling … Wiktionary
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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
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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
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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
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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
