cockamamie
pronunciation
How to pronounce cockamamie in British English:
UK [ˈkɒkəmeɪmi]
How to pronounce cockamamie in American English:
US [ˈkɑkəˌmemi]
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- Adjective:
- pungent adjectives of disesteem
Word Origin
- cockamamie (adj.)
- American English slang word attested by 1946, popularized c. 1960, but said to be New York City children's slang from mid-1920s; perhaps an alteration of decalcomania (see decal).
Example
- 1. Well , why do they have us onthis cockamamie health plan ?
- 2. Gave me a cockamamie reason for not going .
- 3. I 'm working on it , myer.at that cockamamie job you got ?
- 4. Even a bird and a cockamamie cat can see that !
- 5. " I told you specially I was against that cockamamie school-voucher idea "