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English
Etymology
From Cockamamie (a marketing term for a child's rub-on tattoo), a deliberate mispronunciation of decalcomania.
Adjective
cockamamy (comparative more cockamamy, superlative most cockamamy)
- foolish, silly
2017, Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, 19:27 from the start, in Ozark, season 1, episode 8: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.
- trifling
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