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Bologna

bo·logna

UK/bəˈləʊnjə/ US/bəˈlɒnjə/ fairly common

noun

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large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork

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Probably from the Polari slang word balonie, respelled under the influence of the preceding homophonous word bologna (“sausage”); alternatively, perhaps simply an extended use of bologna (“sausage”). See baloney for more.

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