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cockamamy

adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about cockamamy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Informal term for ridiculous and implausible.
    he gave me a cockamamie reason for not going

Origin

From Cockamamie (a marketing term for a child's rub-on tattoo), a deliberate mispronunciation of decalcomania.

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