1. Baloney (n.) 1894 as a spelling variant of bologna sausage (q.v.), representing the popular pronunciation

2. The Bologna sausage is traditionally made from the “odds and ends” of chicken, turkey, beef, or pork

3. Word Origin for Baloney C20: changed from Bologna (sausage) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co

4. Bologna sausage, sometimes phonetically spelled Baloney (), is a sausage derived from mortadella, a similar-looking, finely ground pork sausage containing cubes of pork fat, originally from the Italian city of Bologna (IPA: [boˈloɲɲa] ( listen)).

5. Baloney in this sense might have originated from the word "blarney," which means flattering or nonsensical talk; more usually it refers to bologna sausage, which is blended from different meats, therefore implying content of inferior or dubious quality

6. An American-English alteration of bologna (sausage), Boloney, or baloney, denotes a large smoked sausage made of seasoned mixed meats, from the name of Bologna, a city in northern Italy, where these sausages were first made.Figuratively, Boloney, baloney, means humbug and nonsense—cf

7. Bologna sausage, also called baloney (/ b ə ˈ l oʊ n i /), is a sausage derived from mortadella, a similar-looking, finely ground pork sausage containing cubes of pork fat, originally from the Italian city of Bologna (IPA: [boˈloɲɲa] ()).Other common names include parizer (parisian sausage) in the countries deriving from ex Yugoslavia and Romania, polony in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa

8. Bologna sausage, also called Baloney (/ b ə ˈ l oʊ n i /), is a sausage derived from mortadella, a similar-looking, finely ground pork sausage containing cubes of pork fat, originally from the Italian city of Bologna (IPA: [boˈloɲɲa] ()).Other common names include parizer (parisian sausage) in the countries deriving from ex Yugoslavia and Romania, polony in Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa