malarkey/məˈlɑːki/EtymologyOf unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922. Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes)malarkey means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.nameA surname.nounNonsense; rubbish.“I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.”