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Meaning of "codology" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CODOLOGY

kɒdˈɒlədʒɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CODOLOGY

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Codology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CODOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of codology in the English dictionary

The definition of codology in the dictionary is the art or practice of bluffing or deception.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CODOLOGY

anesthesiology · archaeology · archeology · biology · cardiology · epidemiology · etiology · geology · ideology · kinesiology · microbiology · neurobiology · ology · pathophysiology · physiology · radiology · sociology · soteriology · theology · zoology

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CODOLOGY

codille · coding · coding sheet · codirect · codirection · codirector · codiscover · codiscoverer · codist · codlin · codlin moth · codling · codling moth · codlins-and-cream · codomain · codominance · codominant · codon · codpiece · codswallop

WORDS THAT END LIKE CODOLOGY

anthology · anthropology · apology · astrology · biotechnology · dermatology · ecology · genealogy · histology · homology · information technology · methodology · mythology · neurology · oncology · pathology · pharmacology · phonology · psychology · technology · terminology

Synonyms and antonyms of codology in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «codology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CODOLOGY

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The translations of codology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «codology» in English.
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Codologi
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Trends of use of codology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CODOLOGY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about codology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CODOLOGY»

Discover the use of codology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to codology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English
See CODOLOGY. cod-actor /'kadaektar/ n., someone who feigns illness (CS, Dublin); a charlatan < cod (origin unknown) + actor. 'He can be a right cod-actor sometimes' (TF, Cavan). codai /'kadi:/ n., a big, ignorant person; a lazy, easy- going ...
Terence Patrick Dolan, 2006
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Bronze by Gold: The Music of Joyce
Parsing. Persse: The. Codology. of. Hosty's. Song. Zack. Bowen. and. Alan. Roughley. This essay explores the musical elements of “The Ballad of Persse O' Reilly,” or “Hosty's Ballad,” from Finnegans Wake (F W, 44.24— 47.29; see Figure  ...
Sebastian D.G. Knowles, 2014
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Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border: Characters and ...
As we will see in chapter 5 there is a great deal of overlap between the tall tale and the sort of improvisational artful lying known in Aghyaran as codding or codology. As Mody Boatright (1973:71) and Gerald Thomas (1977:8–9) observe, one ...
Ray Cashman, 2011
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Irish Drama, 1900-1980
Codology.27 Charlie. Codology. No, it was easier and funnier and more theologically oriented to say that the angels were having a pee. (He goes to the range and drops a large pile of papers in.) Da. You ought to put that down in one of your ...
Cóilín Owens, Joan Newlon Radner, 1990
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Prince of Wales Theatre, Pa/are (Boy Dancer Talk) tor Beginners, 1989-92 COdolOgy noun nonsense Ireland • Mr Henry is quoted as saying that a city of almost 1 million people cannot afford 100 gardai to monitor rush hour traffic all the year ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy ...
that he doesn't know he skips all the normal sources and goes right to this place and sure enough—there it was: Codology. H. V. Morton in 1930 wrote that codology was “a science unknown to us in England which involved individuals or  ...
Denis Leary, 2008
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Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England
')?61 Bloom holds many of the conventional enlightened opinions of the time:362 'So they start talking about capital punishment and of course Bloom comes out with the why and the wherefore and all the codology of the business.
Anthony Julius, 2010
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Modern Christianity Corrupted
And this bored self-generation will continue to eat up the latest codology and all the exciting “Ologies” yet to come. Of course, the huge problem with all ofthis is that you can find the same code-carnival in other books that we know for sure were ...
Robert Klingenberg, 2012
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Selected Plays of Hugh Leonard
Hot air rises, the rain falls; but as far as he was concerned that kind of elementary phenomenon was . . . da. Codology. charliE. Codology. No, it was easier and funnier and more theologically orientated to say that the angels were having a pee.
Hugh Leonard, Sean Finbarr Gallagher, 1992
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
It is a variant of dicky-bird. codology [kahd-ah-luh-jee] an Irish word meaning, jocularly, 'the science of leg-pulling.' Cod is an Irishism for a joke or a hoax. A hoaxer is called a codologist. colliby [kall-ih-bee] a little present. Most likely from a ...
Erin McKean, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CODOLOGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term codology is used in the context of the following news items.
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Promoters and responsibilities
Straight up, no codology about “unforeseen circumstances” or anything like that, no attempt to spin or spoof: the gig didn't sell enough tickets ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
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The insider's guide to Westminster: from Portcullis House to the …
... Michael White, suspects it may have been a piece of second world war codology, coined by veteran press gallery secretary, John Deans. «The Guardian, May 15»
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Home truths: It's lift off for new online-only era
Old style auctions were also tainted by the codology of grossly underestimated pre-auction guideline prices - deployed to generate interest and ... «Irish Independent, May 15»
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Sparkling show from O'Connor
... field and their tenacity in defence was the undoing of Wicklow who, for the most part, resorted to that frustrating lateral handpassing codology. «Irish Independent, Mar 15»
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Return Game: the comeback of Sean Collins-McCarthy
... stop him going down in flames. Donal Lynch looks at the unlikely second act of a man who started with a trilogy and ended up with codology ... «Irish Independent, Mar 15»
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Let's choose our politicians on the basis of merit, not gender
Last week the hard-pressed Irish people had to endure another session of patronizing and nauseating back-slapping codology when the IMF ... «Irish Independent, Jan 15»
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'Da,' Hugh Leonard's 1978 Tony Winner, Via Irish Rep
So, yes, “Da,” as directed by Charlotte Moore, has lot of claptrap — or what several characters call “codology” — but less psychologizing and ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
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Drunk on life and on words, but was Behan any good?
"There's nothing Neil Delamare won't do," the continuity voiceover warned at the outset, and that proved all too true in this hour-long codology ... «Irish Independent, Dec 14»
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'My main lunchtime ritual is wandering around the living room …
Sometimes I wish I could get freshly made lunch portions of delicious things delivered to my door, but then I realise that kind of codology ... «Irish Times, Nov 14»
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Beginning of the end for austerity
Mr Noonan said it was “codology” to suggest that better-off people would disproportionately benefit. Sinn Féin said the tax cuts were ... «Irish Examiner, Oct 14»
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