Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Trifling; nearly valueless.
- adjective Ludicrous; nonsensical.
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- adjective
foolish ,silly - adjective
trifling
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective ludicrous, foolish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Pace Webster's Third [XV,3], but including the word cockamamie in a Yiddish lexicon is questionable, as is the definition given.
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These are the kind of cockamamie questions that lead to life deficit disorder.
Joe Robinson: The Invisible Epidemic of Life Deficit Disorder 2010
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These are the kind of cockamamie questions that lead to life deficit disorder.
Joe Robinson: The Invisible Epidemic of Life Deficit Disorder 2010
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Since Crist's labeling a while back of these efforts as "cockamamie", it appears that he has logged a full workday recently enough to understand that those cockamamie efforts are finally coming to fruition.
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It was a mistake to suggest that the alleged Neather Plot - that is, the conspiracy to "swamp" Britain with Labour-voting imigrants - was the kind of cockamamie scheme that could only be the work of over-excited junior clever chaps at the Home Office.
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It was a mistake to suggest that the alleged Neather Plot - that is, the conspiracy to "swamp" Britain with Labour-voting imigrants - was the kind of cockamamie scheme that could only be the work of over-excited junior clever chaps at the Home Office.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Georgia goofball Tom Price is introducing some kind of cockamamie resolution to condemn him.
Howie Klein: Alan Grayson's Candor and Honesty Irks GOP Obstructionists... Again 2009
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He even chided Sen. Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, for offering a "cockamamie" plan for partitioning Iraq.
McCain Gambles 2008
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Patrick Leahy of Vermont called a "cockamamie" plan to consider building a fence or wall along the U.S.
paranoia 2006
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Patrick Leahy of Vermont called a "cockamamie" plan to consider building a fence or wall along the U.S.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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