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acamarackus

Definition 
Pseudo-Latin slang for nonsense, bullshit. "Now of course this is strictly the old acamarackus, as The Lemon Drop Kid cannot even spell arthritis, let alone have it …" (Damon Runyon "The Lemon Drop Kid," 1931). The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang (1994) cites the first recorded use of the term in a Runyon Collier's story in 1933, two years later, and cites Eugene O'Neill's use of it in a letter. Ackamaracka is among other variants of the word.

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