"malarky" poems
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From the Merriam-Webster page.
"Trumpery."
Note (at bottom) the list of near-antonyms;
what is the opposite of trumpery?
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trumpery
noun trum·pery \ˈtrəm-p(ə-)rē\
Definition of trumpery
1
a : worthless nonsense b : trivial or useless articles : junk <a wagon loaded with household trumpery — Washington Irving>
2
archaic : ****** finery
Origin of trumpery
Middle English (Scots) trompery deceit, from Middle French, from tromper to deceive
First Known Use: 15th century
Examples of trumpery
<claims for weight-loss products that are based much more on Madison-Avenue trumpery than on bariatric science>
Related to trumpery
Synonyms
applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or ******** claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, ******* senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, nonsense, twaddle
Related Words
absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy; absurdness, craziness, madness, senselessness, witlessness; hoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; gas, hot air, rigmarole (also rigamarole); double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus
Near Antonyms
levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness; common sense, horse sense, sense; discernment, judgment (or judgement), wisdom
By: Robinson Bolkum
Jan 3, 2016
Jan 3, 2016 at 6:44 PM UTC
On the paper lies my blood
my pencil is a vein
take them from me and you've locked me up
and I'm left with just my brain.
If my heart's removed from what I say
I know I must refrain
from spouting worthless, empty words
I beg you,
Let creativity remain.
Feb 27, 2013
Feb 27, 2013 at 3:07 PM UTC
40 is not the new 30,
it's still 40.
Jessica in my bed.
the alarm tatses like bananas.
because she has a nice bedonkedonk,
she is smart.
because he is tall,
his phone won't work.
"Eat the bananas!"
"No! I don't want to eat the alarm"
Jessica doesn't want to smoke.
the joker wants a cigarette.
he will smoke at 2:15.
nature is screaming, with moxy-
to have a cigarette.
orange,orange,orange!
"smellslikeash,tasteslikesmoke."
Apr 30, 2012
Apr 30, 2012 at 11:38 PM UTC
leaving
home alone
cheap
*****
liquor
dope sick but
I'm sicker than what
star stickers could fix
it's made me
a motley collage
of a hodge podge
apogee sentenced to be
hanged from the ceiling
or on the wall in a
cheaper motel hallway.
this is in no way an apology.
what the **** are we doing here?
getting stupid numb
playin dumb &
faking it, making noise
to fill a synchronized void
it's feeding itself,
it's eating itself
photosynthetic autophagy
lovely little lamb
lost cause long shot
breaking the bottles
for succumbing to
their own poison
but smashing the glass
don't quiet the voices,
it just makes them laugh.
peace love
*** drugs
bubblegum baby in
a neon pink bikini
a tragic act.
houdini chasing
rabbits & red dragons
to wonderland
under the tophat
he huffs his magic
from a plastic bag
- escape artistry.
carved from bone
covered in leaves
drinking veins.
darkhearted
hollow-eyed & starving
***** & sparkly
snarky harpy barking
senseless malarky.
she's pretty garbage.
beautiful.
just plain
*******
beautiful.
Apr 15, 2015
Apr 15, 2015 at 10:40 PM UTC
I smiled today just caus I could
Strange feeling you know
This smiling malarky
It shook me a bit
A weight lifted
Smiled
For the sad times and the good
Realised that im ok
Weird isnt it
When you think you wont make it
And you do,in one piece
Smiled
To know that not everything has to make sense
That there wont every be answers to everything
That in life you have to have
The wonder ,the tease and the anticipation
I smiled today just because I knew I could :)
Jun 24, 2012
Jun 24, 2012 at 3:52 PM UTC