phedinkus

Etymology
Coined 1935, by.

Phonology pseudo-Greek – note the ph. The term may be analyzed as *phe- +, where the prefix is an optional consonant /f/, with the stressless vowel added in the same way as other mutually apophonic prefixes (when the consonant changes, the vowel changes accordingly) such as pi- , she- , etc.

Noun

 * 1)  Nonsense, malarkey
 * 2) * 1935,, “Tobias the Terrible”, collected in Money from home, Frederick A. Stokes company:
 * If I have all the tears that are shed on Broadway by guys in love, I will have enough salt water to start an opposition ocean to the Atlantic and Pacific, with enough left over to run the Great Salt Lake out of business. But I wish to say I never shed any of these tears personally, because I am never in love, and furthermore, barring a bad break, I never expect to be in love, for the way I look at it love is strictly the old phedinkus, and I tell the little guy as much.
 * 1) * 1994,, China boy: a novel:
 * Like yur Uncle Shen, or whatsis phedinkus name. Yur fightin a big street lummox who kicks.

Usage notes
Very rarely used – coined by Runyon decades ago and has not entered common usage, with only very rare usage by other authors; incomprehensible without context or quotation.