Added 9 October 2026
cockamamy
adjective
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about cockamamy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Informal term for ridiculous and implausible.
he gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
Origin
From Cockamamie (a marketing term for a child's rub-on tattoo), a deliberate mispronunciation of decalcomania.
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