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cockamamie

Pronunciation: /ˈkäkəˌmāmē, ˌkäkəˈmāmē

(also cockamamy)
adjective
North American • informal
ridiculous; implausible: a cockamamie theory

Origin
1940s (originally denoting a design left by a transfer): probably an alteration of decalcomania.

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It is just a cockamamie concept that anyone would have a mania for decals. Stamps, coins, little ceramic figurines, maybe, but decals?

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