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cockamamie

[kok-uh-mey-mee] / ˈkɒk əˌmeɪ mi /






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Fitting, given that anything more than one foot in front of her would be invisible beneath the shadow of her cockamamie chapeau.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Rather than take on Cannon’s cockamamie assignment, Smith laid out accurate jury instructions based on the actual charges and law.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Ironically, the space aliens, ludicrous as they may be, are less insulting to the intelligence of the audience than the cockamamie developments on planet Earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

She loved his way with faces and pets, even “his bathtubs and the cockamamie objects that crowded every panel.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022

“Does this have something to do with your cockamamie idea to turn my yard into a jungle?”

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli