MSN: Prezzo zucchero in calo, olio di soia sui massimi. La prossima sorpresa potrebbe arrivare dai metalli
Prezzo zucchero in calo, olio di soia sui massimi. La prossima sorpresa potrebbe arrivare dai metalli
A recent NYTimes article about the state of antitrust cases against Google had the line: Most of this is bologna and distracts us from the only question that matters Which seems like an over-
Baloney is a modification of bologna, used to mean both the smoked sausage and nonsense. The pronunciation of bologna, when used to refer the smoked sausage is similar to the pronunciation of baloney. The pronunciation of Bologna, when referring to the town, is very close to the Italian pronunciation, which is /boˈloɲɲa/ (compare it with /laˈzaɲɲa/ for the Italian lasagna).
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).
Under the hat, which had a kind of Sunday Maryleabonne cock to it, there bulged out a might White Periwig of fleecy curls, for all the world like the coat of a Bologna Poodle Dog, and in the middle of his Wig there peeped out a little hatchet face, with lantern jaws, and blue gills, and a par of great black eyebrows, under which glistened a ...
3 How about talking a lot of baloney? baloney Slang. foolishness; nonsense Origin of baloney: 1915-20, Americanism; alteration of bologna, with substitution of -ey for final schwa Random House a lot/load of baloney Falsehoods, nonsense, or foolishness.