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cockamamie

[kok-uh-mey-mee] / ˈkɒk əˌmeɪ mi /






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A director of national intelligence who’s shown no great abundance of that quality but, rather, an eagerness to twist and bend facts like a coat hanger, serving whatever cockamamie claim the president burps up.

From Los Angeles Times

But Kennedy is not one to let the facts stand in the way of his cockamamie theories.

From Los Angeles Times

The state of Texas sued on this cockamamie theory that the entire Affordable Care Act had become unconstitutional when Congress reduced the penalty for not having health insurance to $0.

From Salon

The case is headed to the Supreme Court where we will almost assuredly see at least two, probably three, of the justices uphold this cockamamie definition.

From Salon

It was a cockamamie plan, but he maintained he was serious about it.

From Los Angeles Times