phony-baloney

adjective

ˈfō-nē-bə-ˈlō-nē How to pronounce phony-baloney (audio)
variants or phoney-baloney
Definition of phony-baloneynext
as in fake
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express if you believe the company's phony-baloney press releases, it's in business solely for the benefit of mankind

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phony-baloney
  1. fake
  2. counterfeit
  3. lip
  4. double
  5. hypocritical
  6. phony
Adjective
  • In 2017, then State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman indicted Newman on 58 counts, following a two-year investigation nicknamed Operation Vandelay Industries, a nod to George Costanza’s fake latex company on Seinfeld.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Not a temporary tattoo or a fake one to trick people online.
    Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of fake
Adjective
  • Nashville police arrested an 18-year-old shortly after his arrival on a Greyhound bus when he was discovered to have thousands of counterfeit oxycodone pills in his possession, the department said.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In 2023, the company spent over $1.2 billion on counterfeit, fraud and abuse prevention.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of counterfeit
Adjective
  • While lip reading is commonly used as a way for those with hearing disabilities to understand speech and conversations, it’s also called upon for legal matters and police investigations.
    Emily Holgate, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Also, lip skin is thinner, making blood vessels more apparent.
    Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
Definition of lip
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  • Levinson family Levinson, who lives in Mantua, N.J,, is cancer-free after a year of treatment that included chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.
    Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The double suites, with a sleeper sofa in the living room, are especially ideal for families whose children still nap or who have multiple kids so not everyone has to sit in darkness come a certain time of day.
    Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of double
Adjective
  • And to sit up there, man, and to be just blatantly hypocritical is funny and sickening at the same time.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • If an organization’s culture is aspirational rather than lived and practiced, the result is often a hypocritical, inauthentic hiring experience.
    Lori Landrum, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of hypocritical
Adjective
  • In 2003, Do pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting healthcare fraud with a scheme to submit phony claims to Medi-Cal.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Russia may also try to manipulate the talks by halting its bombardment of Ukraine’s energy sector as a phony goodwill gesture and demanding that the U.S. prevent Kyiv from striking Russian soil in return.
    Niall Ferguson, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of phony
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