baloney

意大利词bologna的变体。Bologna, 地名，盛产香肠，因香肠通常是用猪杂碎，下脚料等制成，因而词义有了胡说之义。

baloney (n.)

1894, variant of bologna sausage (q.v.). As slang for "nonsense," 1922, American English (popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith; in this sense sometimes said to have been one of the coinages of legendary "Variety" staffer Jack Conway), from earlier sense of "idiot" (by 1915), perhaps influenced by blarney, but usually regarded as being from the sausage, as a type traditionally made from odds and ends. It also was ring slang early 20c. for an inferior fighter.

The aristocratic Kid's first brawl for sugar was had in Sandusky, Odryo, with a boloney entitled Young Du Fresne. He gave the green and nervous Kid a proper pastin' for six rounds and the disgusted Dummy sold me his find for a hundred bucks, leavin' the clubhouse just in time to miss seein' the boy get stung, get mad, and win by a knockout. [H.C. Witwer, "The Leather Pushers," "Colliers," Oct. 16, 1920]

1. That's a load of baloney.

鬼话连篇。

2. Don't give me that baloney!

别对我讲那些鬼话！

3. Let us cut the baloney on this subject.

关于这个问题我们就别胡扯了.

4. Baloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat often.

Baloney是许多美国人经常吃的一种香肠.

5. Baloney is a word often used by politicians to describe the ideas of their opponents.

baloney通常被政治家用来形容他们的对抗者的想法.