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Word: boloney (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Westerners. New York Times Correspondent Cy Sulzberger filed a candid impression of the country: "Millions of intelligent beings living within the Soviet bloc have been . . . mesmerized by their monolithic propaganda machine . . . The average political leader . . . pretends to regard our statements ... as what the Russians call Klyukva ... in connotation . . . 'boloney.' 'Boloney' to date is regrettably what a good deal of the phraseology here sounds like to Western ears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Holes in the Curtain | 7/6/1953 | See Source »

...dockworker tore the false bottom out. White reached into the trunk and pulled out 8 Ibs. of fine Mettwurst, a German pork boloney, homemade by Bohling's relatives. White ripped the sausages to shreds, looking for dope or diamonds. There was only Mettwurst. The Department of Agriculture man confiscated it all pursuant to Bureau of Animal Industry Order No. 373, which forbids the importing of uncertified meat from countries infested with foot-and-mouth disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Wurst Tragedy | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

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