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cockamamy

cockamamy adjective: foolish, silly.

Adjective

cockamamy (comparative more cockamamy, superlative most cockamamy)

  1. foolish, silly
    • Barb Petty (Maryann Urbano): For what? You can't buy squat with smiles. Roy Petty (Jason Butler Harner): Oh my god. You gave Uncle Jack money again, didn't you? Barb Petty: Eh, he's got some cockamamy idea. I don't know.2017, Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, 19:27 from the start, in Ozark, season 1, episode 8
  2. trifling

Forms of cockamamy

comparativemore cockamamy
superlativemost cockamamy
alternative formcockamamie

Origin of cockamamy

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

Questions about cockamamy

What does cockamamy mean?
Cockamamy means foolish, silly.
What part of speech is cockamamy?
Cockamamy is an adjective.

Words near cockamamy in the dictionary

  1. cockalorums
  2. cockals
  3. cockaludicrous
  4. cockamamie
  5. cockamamies
  6. cockamamy
  7. cockamaroo
  8. cockanathan
  9. cockanathans
  10. cockandy
  11. cockapert

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