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bologna

nounnounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//bəˈləʊnjə//
  • United Kingdom//bəˈlɒnjə//
  • United States//bəˈloʊni//
  • United States//bəˈloʊnə//

A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal.

noun

  1. 1

    A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal.

Etymology

From the Italian city of Bologna.

noun

  1. 1

    Synonym of baloney (“nonsense”).

Etymology

Probably from the Polari slang word balonie, respelled under the influence of the preceding homophonous word bologna (“sausage”); alternatively, perhaps simply an extended use of bologna (“sausage”). See baloney for more.

Forms

plural
bolognas
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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