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ackamarackus

ackamarackus noun: meaningless activity engaged in just for show; deceptive nonsense.

Noun

ackamarackus (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Meaningless activity engaged in just for show; deceptive nonsense.
    • This story of coal miners (John Wayne and Randolph Scott) who become coal-owners and rivals for the affections of La Dietrich is the purest and oldest ackamarackus.1947, Emanuel W. Robson, Mary Major Robson, The world is my cinema, page 109
    • His beady noggin had visions of floggens as he zeroed in on the new ackamarackus.2012, Thomas D. Bryson, The Psychotic Preschoolers, →ISBN, page 81

Origin of ackamarackus

Pseudo-Latinism, possibly coined by Damon Runyon.

Words that rhyme with ackamarackus

Questions about ackamarackus

What does ackamarackus mean?
Ackamarackus means meaningless activity engaged in just for show; deceptive nonsense.
What part of speech is ackamarackus?
Ackamarackus is a noun.

Words near ackamarackus in the dictionary

  1. ACJC
  2. ack
  3. ack emma
  4. ack-ack
  5. ack-acks
  6. ackamarackus
  7. ackawi
  8. Ackawoi
  9. ackchyually
  10. acked
  11. ackee

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