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cockamamie

UK /ˌkɒk.əˈmeɪ.mi/US /ˌkɑ.kəˈmeɪ.mi/

noun 3
adjective 2
forms 3

noun3

•
A foolish or ridiculous person.
- “What’s going down here, you cockamamies, we’re releasing two pictures this week about goddamn rich guys who get involved with their goddamn black tenants? What is this, an April Fool’s memo?” — 1970
•
Ridiculousness; folly; foolish nonsense.
- Most of his ideas were pure cockamamie. One of them, however, was a real beaut. — 2005
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(US, old-fashioned) A decal, a design that can be transferred to a surface.
- Lo and behold, in full color there was a photograph of an old glass-paned hanging cupboard with clusters of strawberry, cherry, green grape and apple “cockamamies” pasted in the center of each pane. — 2000

adjective2

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(informal) Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.
- Do not give any more cockamamie reasons for failing to complete your assignment.
Trifling.

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