more disrespect and utter contempt, when used properly. VP Biden used it properly.

Therefore, malarkey = bad person from Arkansas.

I'm pretty sure that's what it means.

works for me! I live in Arkansas...sigh! Lots of those malarkey dudes here.

Synonyms:

applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, nonsense (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malarkey

but believed to have come from someone's surname. Probably someone who lied as much as Ryan does. So we could say "Ryan" as easily as "Malarkey" I guess.

And yes as to PP - American, first seen in 1924.

We should start calling him Malarkey when referring to Ryan. Everyone would know who we are talking about. I love the definitions of Malarkey...they all fit him to a tee!

"meaningless, or deliberately misleading talk; nonsense"

joking around, friends partying etc.