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cockamamy

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9 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted aacckmmoyStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. informal term for ridiculous and implausible

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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