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Jun 20, 2007
This week's theme
Toponyms coined after places in Ireland

This week's words
donnybrook
limerick
blarney
shillelagh
carrageen

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blarney

(BLAHR-nee) Pronunciation Sound Clip

noun:
1. Flattery.
2. Misleading talk.

[After the Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney Castle in Blarney village, near Cork, Ireland which, according to legend, gives the gift of the gab to anyone who kisses it.]

"'[Ronan Keating] is really down to earth and cares about issues like cancer and poverty. Also, he really cares about his fans,' said Yang, who said she had met the singer and evidently fell for his blarney."
Jules Quartly; Ronan Keating Shays It Bescht; Taipei Times (Taiwan); May 11, 2007.

See more usage examples of blarney in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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